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Discover LudwigThe phrase "getting desperate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is becoming increasingly anxious or hopeless about achieving a desired outcome.
Example: "As the deadline approached and no solutions were in sight, I could feel myself getting desperate."
Alternatives: "becoming frantic" or "growing anxious."
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The oil industry is getting desperate, and desperation breeds radicalism.
Turkey is getting desperate.
Activists were getting desperate.
Alexander was getting desperate.
So they are getting desperate".
The regime is getting desperate.
Now I'm getting desperate.
"People are getting desperate.
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Things got desperate.
When the going gets desperate, the desperate get creative.
No need to get desperate yet.
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