Sentence examples for undertone of desperation from inspiring English sources

In both cases an undertone of desperation crept in, and their bubbles of confidence threatened to burst.

With Muscovites' own apartment waiting list already close to a decade in length, this influx of deeply troubled refugees has sharpened the city's undertone of desperation.

I sensed a tinge of desperation underlying her words too.

But the single-family multigeneration setup seems to have facilitated an undertone of nastiness and desperation in the humor, most clearly expressed in the condescending portrayal of the youngest couple.

Adolescent sexuality, even of the gentler sort, has undertones of savagery and desperation that the movie barely acknowledges.

Day of Desperation, January 23 , 1991

It smells of desperation.

An act of desperation?

"It was out of desperation.

Blame a sense of desperation.

Most smack of desperation.