Sentence examples for left desperate from inspiring English sources

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

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

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.

In fact, he has failed even to stir debate about the merits of one: no Israeli political figure has stood up to Mr. Netanyahu and begged him to support Mr. Obama; not even the Israeli left, desperate for a new agenda, has adopted Mr. Obama as its icon.

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.

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.

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".

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?

So many insurgencies left me desperate.