Sentence examples for slight desperation from inspiring English sources
In slight desperation, Jose Agripinio Maia the leader of the right-wing Democrats party sneered at her "well you have admitted that you've lied before so how do we know that you are telling the truth now?" The jibe was a cheap one because Rousseff had been imprisoned and savagely tortured by Brazil's military dictatorship and has subsequently stated that she told lies to protect her comrades.
The fights and arguments -- physical, verbal, between men, between girls -- serve to avenge slights, vent desperation and demonstrate power on the block, if not beyond.
Perhaps it was the slight air of desperation that accompanied the makeover years as she sought to reinvent herself as a non-nerd that put people off.
"We didn't feel like we could give a prize on the basis of need, but what would burst out consistently was: Do you know what this money could mean?" The deliberations had "a slight air of desperation," he added.
There was also a slight hint of desperation about Hansen's decision to throw on Williams just five minutes after the break in place of Ma'a Nonu, followed by even more Kiwi head-clutching when Williams broke clear close to the Pumas' line and offloaded to Nehe Milner-Skudder, only for the winger to knock it on.
Some succeed, others fail, but all have a slight hint of desperation about them.
Do I detect a slight hint of bunny desperation?
There's desperation in that shot, but also some venom and it takes a slight deflection on its way past the mighty Rustu into the net.
But I'm ashamed to say the prime minister's look of desperation over the EU referendum on the Andrew Marr show last weekend brought a slight lump to my throat.
