Sentence examples for taking desperate measures from inspiring English sources
"In these economic times people are taking desperate measures".
Other figures show people are taking desperate measures like taking out payday loans or cutting back on heating and food for the family.
In these economic times people are taking desperate measures, whether it's stealing, or whether they're trying to come up with money through insurance fraud".
The government is aware of these issues, and it knows it caused them, which is why it is taking desperate measures to protect itself, instead of announcing its intention to take real measures for reform.
TV cameras caught Australian lawn bowls player Kelvin Kerkow taking desperate measures to escape from the rain.
Taking desperate measures, he holds up a doctor and forces him to attend to Weldon.
It is no wonder that he took desperate measures.
Desperate people take desperate measures especially when they feel humiliated and worthless.
The inability to travel has driven many Chinese to take desperate measures.
Speechwriters take desperate measures to hold the thing together, to give it some semblance of structure.
When her mother dies, Kyra takes desperate measures to keep a roof over her head.
