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.
• Both teams are in desperate need of wins on Thursday evening.
  — Catena Media, al, 19 Jan. 2023
• The decision to write came from a desire to do more with her time and a desperate need to tell stories.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
• For three years, California has been in desperate need of rain.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
• Ackerman grew pumpkins in a desperate attempt to find some crop to carry him through hard times.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
• Teams tied ropes to several of the whales in a desperate bid to drag the massive creatures back into the waves at high tide, but to no avail.
  — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
• Russian players are desperate to get back to the All England Club.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Silverstein walked back to the bench with the rest of the team, dazed and emotional, desperate to get an update on Hillmon.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
• But despite the desperate conditions, many residents have chosen to stay.
  — Ruwaida Amer, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
• Not just for the desperate hiker with tummy troubles, but for everyone else forced to endure a potentially crappy misstep.
  — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
• The nature of the loss against a West Ham team that was also in desperate need of the points, deepened the doubts about Lampard’s position.
  — James Robson, ajc, 21 Jan. 2023
• With a break in the rain and wind after days of deluge, Jose Rodriguez, their supervisor, was desperate to get them out before the weather changed again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
• From north to south in the Golden State this week, flooding, mudslides or threats thereof have led to evacuations, road closures and desperate rescues.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• This time, the duo is venturing into a new endeavor: helping desperate homeowners breathe fresh life into their seemingly unworkable abodes.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
• Ji-soo is desperate to talk to In-han, but In-han just wants to get away.
  — Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 June 2024
• Crises bring out the good in people, the desire to help those more desperate.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The trio used palm tree branches to make their desperate plea.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• 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
• The host is the one person on Oscar night who isn’t allowed to look desperate.
  — Vulture, 13 Mar. 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024