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'desperate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'desperate' with 13 example sentences.


desperate adjective

: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

: desperately determined

: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

desperate noun

: a person who is frightened and in need of help


  • Desperate times call for desperate measures.
  • I'm in desperate need of help.
  • The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants.
  • She's desperate now, isn't she?
  • He looked like he was desperate.
  • I don't want to seem desperate.
  • I know you're desperate to find your father.
  • We're desperate to find a solution.
  • They made a desperate call to the coast guard.
  • Dan was in desperate need of assistance.
  • You are in desperate need of a vacation.
  • The government is desperate to keep inflation down.
  • They were desperate to get to Europe.
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