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.