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Example sentences for: desperate

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Since the Soviet Union fell apart, the agency has been increasingly desperate to justify its continued existence.
These failures frightened investors, whose attempts to pull their money out led to more bank failures; the desperate attempts of surviving banks to raise cash caused both a credit crunch (pushing many businesses that had seemed financially sound only months before over the brink) and plunging stock prices, bankrupting still more financial houses.
It had been a long time since he flagged a ride with his thumb, but he was desperate.
Political Washington is desperate for a Democratic horse race, but a horse race can only happen if Bradley is perceived to be strong, and he will only be perceived to be strong if everyone says he is.
What shocked me was not so much the hospital's policy as the fact that doctors and nurses would stick by the rules rather than help a person in desperate need.