How to Use desperation in a Sentence

desperation

noun

• They hired me out of desperation, because they couldn't get anyone else.
• Finally, in desperation, he tried to flee the country.
• She felt overcome by desperation.
• Screams of desperation pierce the air amid the sound of sirens in the distance.
  — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• The snap was low and holder Bryce Baringer had to roll to his right and throw the ball in desperation.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2022
• This could be the game of the week, largely because of the deep desperation on both sides.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• The change feels like an act of desperation from a coach and a front office on the hot seat.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2022
• Despite the blue skies, the mood was one of desperation.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Was the desperation throw part of the initial play call?
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
• Many in the area seem to know someone who has gone to the bridge in a cascade of desperation and distress.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• In desperation, Jake takes Grace to the Omaticaya for help.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
• In that case, out of desperation, the league would have no choice but to strategically raid the Group of Five. 4.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• But calm down, the paintings will be fine — and the desperation is real.
  — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• And the Raptors, who slid to ninth place in the East with Wednesday’s loss, figured to play with true desperation.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• The problem for the Heat has been facing teams with equal desperation.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• So, clearly this is an act of desperation on the part of Russia.
  — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
• There's both a sweetness and a desperation in her words.
  — Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
• She’s spent the whole season trying to plug up all the holes in the canoe so she could not be found out, this desperation.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• Compelled by glimmers of Walt’s charm and her own desperation, Mozell hires him to tend the bar and de-roach the bowling shoes.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2024
• As the rumours start to resurface, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
• In the days following their detention, and in an act of desperation, some of the wrestlers vowed to throw their Olympic medals in the Ganges river.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 15 June 2023
• The point is that the pro-life movement wants to walk with anyone who feels fear and confusion and desperation as they are faced with the prospect of new life.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 15 Jan. 2024
• One day the good parent, my wife, called me at work in total desperation.
  — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
• That could undermine his plea of desperation with the court.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• Creighton couldn’t get a shot off on its final, desperation play.
  — Gary B. Graves, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• But there is a fair amount of desperation by people other than Kendall and Roman to close the damn deal already.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
• With the Lynx up two and two seconds remaining in regulation, Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu, who struggled throughout the game, had the ball in her hands to shoot a desperation three.
  — David Close, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
• A little more desperation, a little less lightheartedness in the jokes since a certain candidate came on the national political scene.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024