Sentence examples for was desperate from inspiring English sources

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Dictionary

was desperate

adjective

Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.

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Exact(59)

He was desperate.

The New Yorker

I was desperate.

The New York Times - Magazine

He was desperate for clients.

The New Yorker

It was desperate laughter, though.

The New Yorker

He knew G.M. was desperate.

The New York Times

But I was desperate.

The Washington Post

By 1973, he was desperate.

The New Yorker

As usual, I was desperate.

The New Yorker

Labour was "desperate".

The Guardian

"But she was desperate.

The New Yorker

Similar(1)

Republicans are desperate.

University of California, Berkeley

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was wretched

was appalling

was hopeless

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was frantic

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was urgent

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well desperate

was pressing

considered desperate

was need

become desperate

was bereft

was distraught

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