How to Use desperation in a Sentence

desperation

noun

• They hired me out of desperation, because they couldn't get anyone else.
• Finally, in desperation, he tried to flee the country.
• She felt overcome by desperation.
• Screams of desperation pierce the air amid the sound of sirens in the distance.
  — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• This could be the game of the week, largely because of the deep desperation on both sides.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Despite the blue skies, the mood was one of desperation.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Many in the area seem to know someone who has gone to the bridge in a cascade of desperation and distress.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• In that case, out of desperation, the league would have no choice but to strategically raid the Group of Five. 4.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• And the Raptors, who slid to ninth place in the East with Wednesday’s loss, figured to play with true desperation.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• The problem for the Heat has been facing teams with equal desperation.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• So, clearly this is an act of desperation on the part of Russia.
  — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
• There's both a sweetness and a desperation in her words.
  — Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
• She’s spent the whole season trying to plug up all the holes in the canoe so she could not be found out, this desperation.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• Compelled by glimmers of Walt’s charm and her own desperation, Mozell hires him to tend the bar and de-roach the bowling shoes.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2024
• In the days following their detention, and in an act of desperation, some of the wrestlers vowed to throw their Olympic medals in the Ganges river.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 15 June 2023
• The point is that the pro-life movement wants to walk with anyone who feels fear and confusion and desperation as they are faced with the prospect of new life.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 15 Jan. 2024
• That could undermine his plea of desperation with the court.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• Creighton couldn’t get a shot off on its final, desperation play.
  — Gary B. Graves, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• But there is a fair amount of desperation by people other than Kendall and Roman to close the damn deal already.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
• But what Tai’s film shows is that many Chinese women make this choice out of desperation.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• In the past, the league made deals haphazardly and seemingly from a point of desperation.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• The vivid desperation could seem trite, if not for the convincing soundscapes that make pleas feel urgent.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
• But the neighbors say their churches are quite real, even if born out of desperation.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
• This is a last gasp act of desperation from a government devoid of talent and ideas.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Here, footprints in the dirt reveal tales of survival and desperation.
  — Longreads, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Padres picked him up in a fit of desperation after production at the position cratered.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Refugees speak out about loss and desperation, but also resilience and hope.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 17 May 2023
• What was born of desperation has grown into a source of pride and turned Whaley into a thriver.
  — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024