Sentence examples for were looking desperate from inspiring English sources

The filmmakers were looking desperate.

Just when it was looking desperate for QPR in last season's Championship play-off final, up popped Zamora with the last-minute goal that broke Derby's hearts.

No wonder the little fella was looking desperate.

In fact, with 100 days to go, a lot of London's preparations were looking as lame and desperate as anything Ian "It's all good" Fletcher – head of deliverance at the Olympic Deliverance Commission – had magicked up with Siobhan "Holy shet" Sharpe in the spoof version.

By specifically praising Marcos, promising to finally bury his body in the National Heroes Cemetery in Manila, and supporting Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for vice president, Duterte identified himself with a political lineage of populist strongmen epitomized by the old dictator at a time when desperate Filipinos were looking for new hope of a decent life.

Beyond those two names, the state of the men's sprints is looking rather desperate.

A Vote Leave spokesman said the remain campaign was looking "increasingly desperate".

Don't worry, they're not going to be torn out, at least for the moment, although a few of the websites competing for your favour are looking increasingly desperate in this crowded market.

Then, just when things are looking truly desperate, salvation – or at any rate temporary distraction – arrives in the form of Pegeen, a voluptuous, 40-year-old lesbian who is the daughter of two of Axler's old acting chums.

But then the situation is looking increasingly desperate.

Or they're looking for desperate women who will be easy to get in to bed.