Sentence examples for grow desperate from inspiring English sources

Matters grow desperate.

We grow desperate, anxious, rebellious.

In that telling, it is an apartment building that is cut off; residents grow desperate, and cannibalism ensues.

Relief efforts are facing serious obstacles as huge numbers of survivors grow desperate for food, water, medical care and shelter.

The stratagems — fake crop circles; dressing as aliens and putting on a show for the camera crews; and, apparently, musical production numbers — grow desperate, much like the humor.

They may occasionally falter or fade, but they can deliver a powerful retort when times grow desperate and the doubts grow loud.

Harroun grew desperate.

Many were growing desperate.

Back in Russia, his mother grew desperate.

Ms. Wilson grew desperate for a change.

He couldn't work, and he soon grew desperate.