While Andrew called the doctor and I rocked her, she looked at me with searching, desperate eyes.
BBC search for desperate boat migrants Jump to media player The BBC's Jonathan Head has been searching for the desperate boat migrants who had been stranded along the border with Malaysia.
My goal as a writer is to try to find that mixture that captures the tone of desperation — the desperate search for humor.
I am weak and searching and desperate, just once, to have a perfect thing.
Usually, these searches involve desperate single mothers, where the state is looking for traces of a secret live-in boyfriend who might be helping with the bills.
"You have to be given one," he says, and the couple exchange searching, cartoonishly desperate looks.
The club spokesman added: "We were never really searching for investment, there's no desperate search to find investments.
It's not like there are all these song-writers out there in desperate search of vocalists any more than there are screenwriters desperately searching for actors.
His father left in a desperate search for work.
