How to Use desperate in a Sentence

desperate

adjective

• He made a desperate bid to save his job.
• We could hear their desperate cries for help.
• The collapse of her business had made her desperate.
• They made one last desperate attempt to fight their way out.
• As the supply of food ran out, people became desperate.
• The last thing viewers see is the phone call, and a desperate Deon running back into the smoky home to find the rest of the kids.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Those desperate for the Virgin Mary’s help shuffle across the square on their knees.
  — Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
• Poway missed a pair of desperate 3s in the final seconds.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• Who among us hasn’t made such phone calls to our mothers in desperate times?
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
• The Parks Department said those large parks are in desperate need of cash.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• In times like these, even good people can end up in desperate straits when things go bad.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
• Growing desperate, Tepper wanted the team to move up to the No. 1 spot in the draft and land a quarterback.
  — Steve Reed, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
• On came the Buffaloes’ field-goal unit, an all-too-familiar sight for a team in desperate need of more points.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• There’s always a social code that can save you in a moment of desperate agony.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• His forces also made gains at a time when Putin was desperate for wins, such as capturing the town of Soledar.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 24 June 2023
• And with Lozano’s aging team in desperate need of fresh blood, some of them could get another look soon.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• The Takeaway The search for the Titan grows more desperate by the hour, and as of Wednesday morning, the sub was believed to have less than 20 hours of oxygen left.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
• The Bears are desperate for a win and are in prime position to finally snap that losing streak that spans to the 2022 season.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
• But the four members of the punk band are unable to focus on much right now besides their desperate desire to get some rest.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• For the single mother whose son is at war, protest, once unthinkable, now seems a last desperate hope to save him.
  — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• Meanwhile, the 49ers are now desperate to get back to winning and will have their next chance against the red-hot Jacksonville Jaguars on the road on No. 12 after their bye week.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
• In the 1980s, the Democratic Party was also in desperate need of reform.
  — David Masciotra, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
• Michele and Colleen almost got into a massive fight when Colleen said that Michele played the most desperate game this season.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
• The loss was a stinging defeat for Ukraine, which up until the last minute was still rushing troops to the city in a desperate last-ditch attempt to hold the Russians off.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• In the last few desperate weeks of the war, the South did enlist a few thousand Black soldiers, but only after much debate.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• The waitlist is a mystery to people who are desperate for housing.
  — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2023
• William Holloway, pastor and founder of the center, said the center is in desperate need of assistance and supplies to meet the increase in need.
  — Ashley Savage, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2023
• The desperate effort had been ongoing since the collapse of the bridge about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after being struck by a freighter.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• Read full article Parents like Jana Koretz, 38, are desperate for the bill to pass.
  — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The 26-year-old had sailed there two years earlier in a desperate bid for answers and, at last, had written to her parents to explain why.
  — Francine Uenuma, Washington Post, 12 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024