'desperate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'desperate' with 13 example sentences.
- desperate adjective
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: 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
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: 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.