Desperate example sentences

Related (14): hopeless, frantic, despairing, dire, urgent, critical, needy, anguished, miserable, forlorn, despondent, helpless, oppressed, destitute

"Desperate" Example Sentences


1. The man was desperate for money.
2. She made a desperate attempt to get help.
3. In his desperation, he turned to theft.
4. The soldier fought with desperate courage.
5. The couple was desperate for news of their missing child.
6. The desperate plea for mercy fell on deaf ears.
7. Her expression was one of desperate hopelessness.
8. The situation called for desperate measures.
9. Their situation was becoming more desperate by the hour.
10. The criminal acted out of desperation.
11. He made a desperate grab at her fleeing figure.
12. The prisoner made a desperate escape attempt.
13. In a desperate attempt to save her child, she dove into the burning building.
14. His eyes revealed the depths of his desperate situation.
15. They were growing desperate with thirst in the desert.
16. The desperate situation called for quick action.
17. She uttered a desperate cry for help.
18. The sinking ship led to desperate scenes of panic.
19. The medical emergency called for desperate remedies.
20. In his desperation, he turned to crime.
21. They were making desperate efforts to save the failing business.
22. There was an air of desperate melancholy about her.
23. She laughed in a desperate attempt to hide her pain.
24. The starving children gazed at us with desperate eyes.
25. His final words were desperate pleas for mercy.
26. Police are searching door to door in a desperate hunt for clues.
27. The search took on a more desperate urgency after the second body was found.
28. Doctors are making desperate appeals for blood donations.
29. Their situation has become desperate with no money and no supplies.
30. There was a look of desperate longing on his face.
31. There were desperate amounts of poverty in the region.
32. She held on with a desperate grasp.
33. The stranded hikers made desperate pleas for rescue.
34. There was a desperate energy in her movements.
35. Horror appeared in his face as the desperate situation dawned on him.
36. It was a desperate search, but they did not find any survivors.
37. The patients' families made desperate appeals for the latest medical treatments.
38. In her desperation, she turned to stealing.
39. His increasingly desperate behavior alarmed his friends and family.
40. She clung to him with desperate hands.
41. The desperate pounding on the door woke me in the night.
42. Her job search was becoming more and more desperate.
43. His voice took on a desperate edge.
44. The crime wave had city officials taking desperate measures.
45. I could hear the desperate cries for help.
46. It was a desperate gamble, but their only chance of survival.
47. She was desperate for news of her missing son.
48. There were desperate rumors spreading through the camp.
49. Her pleas became more and more desperate.
50. Their escape was desperate and harrowing.
51. The patient was becoming desperate and uncooperative.
52. The sinking ship led to desperate scenes of panic and disorder.
53. They were reduced to desperate measures in order to survive.
54. In his desperation, he resorted to pleading.
55. The drowning man made desperate grabs at anything floating nearby.
56. His begging took on a desperate tone.
57. The situation called for immediate action and desperate measures.
58. His increasingly desperate behavior alienated his friends.
59. His voice took on a desperate edge as he begged for help.
60. She clung to him with desperate hands, fearing he might slip away.

Common Phases


1. The man was in a desperate situation.
2. She made a desperate attempt to escape.
3. In his desperation, he turned to crime.
4. The soldier fought with desperate courage.
5. The couple was desperate for good news.
6. The desperate plea fell on deaf ears.
7. Her face showed desperation and hopelessness.
8. The situation demanded desperate measures.
9. Their plight became more desperate by the hour.
10. The criminal acted out of desperation.
11. He lunged in a desperate grab at her.
12. The prisoner made a desperate escape.
13. In a desperate attempt to save her child, she risked her life.
14. His eyes revealed his desperate state.
15. They became desperate with thirst.
16. The desperate situation demanded quick action.
17. She uttered a desperate cry.
18. The scene lead to desperate actions.
19. The remedy had to be desperate.
20. In desperation, he turned to theft.
21. They made desperate efforts to save the business.
22. There was a desperate air about her.
23. She laughed in a desperate attempt to hide her feelings.
24. The children stared with desperate eyes.
25. His final words were desperate pleas.
26. Officials took desperate measures.
27. The search took on a more desperate urgency.
28. Doctors made desperate appeals.
29. Their situation had become desperate.
30. There was a look of desperate longing on his face.

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