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Example sentences for: desperate

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A time of desperate political upheaval, calling for a focused and educated world population.
The Coming Desperate Political Upheaval
Meanwhile, population pressure pushed desperate peasants into cultivating ever more marginal land or seeking a livelihood in any way possible--such as homesteading on a mountain of garbage.
And while Kaufman was desperate for fame, he deeply resented the vehicles that were best equipped to deliver him fame.
This is no unfair parody of the desperate pleas that are constantly being used in “etymology.”