desperate

[ˈdespərət]

Definition:
1. A person who is frightened and in need of help.
2. Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
3. Desperately determined.

Use 'desperate' in a sentence:

1. The official dismissed the speech as the ramblings of a desperate lunatic.
2. He intercuts scenes of Rex getting more and more desperate with scenes of the abductor with his family.
3. They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.
4. Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities.
5. Doctors were fighting a desperate battle to save the little girl's life.
6. She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.
7. The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.
8. They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat.
9. People are desperate for him to do something.
10. Nothing can be more fascinating than a smile, which can produce hope in even desperate situations.
11. Even if you are desperate to get married, never let it show.
12. I was absolutely desperate to see her.
13. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
14. Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted.
15. Car firms are desperate to achieve economies of scale.
16. Just then, a desperate cry was heard.
17. He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything.
18. Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.
19. The African elephant is in a desperate plight.
20. It is one of the most desperate cases on her files.
21. People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.
22. Will the mayor let the city's desperate health care system implode?
23. I'm desperate for a cigarette.
24. The house is in desperate need of redecoration.
25. By 1613 even more desperate measures were in contemplation.
26. If I was poor and desperate, I might commit crimes to feed my family.
27. It was a playful dig at how some Chinese people are desperate to show they have powerfulfamily members.
28. He was gloomy and desperate.
29. She found herself in desperate financial straits.
30. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.
31. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
32. Like any conflict, this one has its desperate refugees and its frustrated negotiators.
33. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.
34. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.
35. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate.
36. They face a desperate shortage of clean water.
37. Each day that passed he grew more and more desperate.
38. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
39. I heard sounds of a desperate struggle in the next room.
40. A closer reading of the text reveals just how desperate he was feeling.
41. The children are in desperate need of love and attention.
42. His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures.
43. Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.