Sentence examples for surface desperation from inspiring English sources

But under the surface, desperation simmers.

In deft, beautifully acted scenes — Auburn ("Proof") knows how to parcel out surprising revelations by the teaspoon — Hogan and Veronica spar over security deposits, but as their desperation surfaces they form a glimmer of connection.

A tone of frustration mixed with desperation has surfaced in speeches by Mr. Hussein and his ministers, who attack Arab leaders for backing away from Iraq when they should, in Iraq's view, be lining up to break the sanctions.

The aching question of where they belong lurks under the surface of things, the quiet desperation of dying spirits too tired to dream anymore.

Lowery had her injecting heroin at the start of Act II, presumably to show the seedy desperation below the surface of power; but it was Papatanasiu's bare vocal pathos that made this queen so moving.

Weiner's dissembling began to take on an air of desperation as reports surfaced that there were transcripts of sexually explicit exchanges with another woman.

He works hard to put on a chipper persona at the courthouse, where he hustles low-paying gigs defending lowlifes, but when his mask slips, the rage and desperation just under the surface quickly emerge.

It's funny how the memory of mind-numbing fear and rat-trapped-in-a-cage desperation lurks just below the surface of a mother's existence after losing a child.

Others had it worse, and reports surfaced of illegal rent gouging amid the desperation.

On Saturday, as details in the case surfaced, the mom's Facebook posts went from desperation to sorrow: "I love you baby girl.

Beneath the surface, though, it is a redemptive story of isolation and desperation.