Sentence examples for leaves desperate from inspiring English sources

Coffee farmer Diogo de Oliveira Marcio shows me the impact on his crop - an entire field of coffee bushes with drooping leaves, desperate for water.

But when police shut down imports, addicts were left desperate for a fix.

Sadly, there was a disappointing coda, as House leaders failed to bring to a vote legislation to provide emergency aid to those left desperate and dispirited by Hurricane Sandy.

I really enjoyed it and I've been left desperate for it to be made into a movie – directed by Columbus, of course.

It's likely to leave desperate producers ringing round all the women they can possibly think of to fill 'the woman's slot'.

Europe's refugee crisis is proving all but impossible for the region's politicians to tackle without being sucked into an inglorious mire of prejudice — leaving desperate people fleeing conflict-torn countries to be shunted towards the margins or even sent back to the places they were fleeing in the first place.

"But leaving desperate people in a desert border zone is not the answer".

Kyle MacLachlan, who left Desperate Housewives as a series regular at the end of season six, reprised his role as Orson Hodge in this episode.

Remember the images of the US helicopters flying away leaving desperate Vietnamese frantically grasping for the chopper's struts on the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon?

It is crucial to realize that despite significant progress for LGBT rights in the U.S., there are LGBT people in other countries who are left desperate for a way to escape their present circumstances.

Thousands more had lost their relatives and homes, left desperate for clean water, food and medical treatment.