Sentence examples for serious desperation from inspiring English sources

"We've got to figure out what's going on here and play with some serious desperation.

This indicates serious desperation of the government in the face of plummeting popularity and support, and may create and ever growing gap that runs deep in a society that up till now, fares quite well in its levels of tolerance and sense of unity in comparison to most other western countries.

I get a good volume of legitimate e-mail, yet some days the spam (unsolicited commercial speech, if you're squeamish) outweighs it by 10 to 1. Perhaps the most serious sign of desperation is the reincarnation of advertising's "hidden persuaders," this time as a pack of executives and consultants who specialize in Jungian analysis, semiotics and other such recondite arts.

With the advent of more moderate governments in Serbia and Croatia, and the strong performance by non-nationalists in the Bosnian elections last November, the cause of chauvinism has suffered some heavy defeats; so the behaviour of Mr Jelavic is an act of desperation, not a serious threat to peace.

The underlying causes of our desperation are far more serious.

Cruise ship shop worker Fabio Costa said when people realised there was a serious problem, there were scenes of desperation.

Mental health is therefore a big issue and within that unfortunately is desperation and sadly some very serious criminal activity.

It is a mark of how serious the fight here is and the government's desperation to hold onto the city.

"The police's actions seem laughable and suggest desperation in their efforts to combat terrorism, yet they have serious repercussions for all of us.

For serious actresses, there is no greater challenge than mastering Amanda's complexities: her desperation over her daughter's future, her frustration with her son's disaffection, her obsessive reveries of the past.

In desperation, some flung themselves from the top floors of the four-story building, sustaining serious injuries or worse, witnesses said.