How to use desperate in a sentence

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• The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.From the entry lob
• The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.From the entry shoot
• The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting.From the entry shoot
• You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.From the entry wildcat
• The handcuffed suspect gave the officer a desperate butt in the chest.From the entry butt
• I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!From the entry unlaid
• Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.From the entry enraged
• After conventional medicine failed me, spiritual healing was a desperate last hope.From the entry spiritual healing
• Times got a little desperate and she was on the street for a while.From the entry on the street
• He was desperate, playing behind the eight-ball.From the entry behind the eight-ball
• The gambler gazed at the undealt cards, desperate to know whether the ace of hearts was still among them.From the entry undealt
• Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency.From the entry hold onto
• Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".From the entry overplant
• The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49. From the entry Ukrainian
• I’m desperate to do it all again but he’s not so keen.2023 October 26, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, anonymous quotee, “My husband persuaded me to swing. I’m desperate to do it again, he’s not – what…. From the entry swing
• The overwhelming sense is of a lonely, disappointed man in desperate need of a hug.2022 November 16, Fiona Sturges, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry review – being Chandler Bing”, in The Guardian. From the entry pain in the backside
• When I was young, I was so desperate I'd go looking on the spear side.2018, A Very English Scandal (TV series), episode 1. From the entry spear
• “Helps us!” Alaria’s desperate scream was so shrill my ears rang with it.2017, Robin Hobb [pen name; Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden], Assassin’s Fate (book III of the The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy), Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry breadmonger
• At the same time, it made me desperate to get to Ember.2017, Julie Kagawa, Legion, HQ, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry dragonfire
• But once ‘Whensday’ becomes ‘Blursday’ and Blursday becomes ‘Lieday’, things start to get desperate.2016, Ella Berthoud, Susan Elderkin, “depressed parent, having a”, in The Story Cure: An A–Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and…. From the entry Blursday
• The government's excuses for Diego Garcia's missing records are getting increasingly confused and desperate.2014 September 12, Oscar Webb, quoting Donald Campbell, “UK Government Changes Its Line On Diego Garcia Flight Logs Sought in Rendition…. From the entry the dog ate my homework
• 'The Chairy', Wallace Mercer, desperate to keep the fans on-side, signed Dundee United's Iain Ferguson.2013, Alan Rae, Hands on Hearts: A Physio's Tale, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry on-side
• Desperate now to leave, Felix played what he believed was his trump card. ‘You’re forty-whatever.2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry trump card
• We can't eat popcorn in your bed,” I told him, sounding maybe an eensy bit desperate.2011, Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Regret. From the entry eensy
• Martyrs are desperate to demonstrate their self-flagellatory capabilities in the hope that someone out there actually cares.2011, Andrew Holmes, Pains in the Office: 50 People You Absolutely, Definitely Must Avoid at Work!. From the entry until the pips squeak
• My desperate hunger and thirst for educational nourishment from my pals was intensified.2010, Chinazom B. C. Iwuaba, Shaped by Struggles, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry secondhanded
• MS is desperate to find something new that others might play catchup to, with little success.2008, Matt, “[News] Ogg is Coming to Hundreds of Millions of PCs!!”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet). From the entry Microhoo
• The singer seemed somewhat alarmed by my desperate scratchitti but smiled gamely and said he was flattered.2008, Carl Capotorto, Twisted Head: An Italian American Memoir, page 14. From the entry scratchitti
• I knew he was desperate for just about any kind of change in his life.2007, Hugh A[lan] D[ouglas] Spencer, “When Bloomsbury Fails”, in Why I Hunt Flying Saucers & Other Fantasticals: A Science Fiction Short…. From the entry telempathic
• L.A. was a magnet for lives in desperate duress. . . .2006 July 30, “The Great Right Place: James Ellroy Comes Home”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 13 Mar 2012, page I14. From the entry spiritus mundi
• However, the desperate, nearly terminal celebratoriness of Sabbath’s Theatre associates this reductiveness with a form of transcendence.2006, Ian Gregson, “Philip Roth’s Vulgar, Aggressive Clowning”, in Character and Satire in Postwar Fiction (Continuum Literary Studies)…. From the entry celebratoriness
• The party starts in four minutes and you’re desperater than desperate.2006, Jimmy Knight, Tom Chalmers, “Hasty Halloween Costumes”, in Extreme Office Crafts: Creative & Devious Ways to Waste Supplies &…. From the entry desperater

Meaning of desperate

1. adjective In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
2. adjective Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
3. adjective Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.

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Questions about desperate in a sentence

How do you use desperate in a sentence?

Desperate is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.”

What is a short sentence with desperate?

“a desperate disease; desperate fortune”

What does desperate mean?

Desperate means in dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.