In life you need either inspiration or desperation. From LearnThat.org. [Tony Robbins.]
It was a policy of desperation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As an example, one thing we teach is what we call a desperation trench. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2006] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One thing we teach is what we call a desperation trench. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006] Reference
Ya well her desperation is annoying to this "bitter typical white person" who still supports Obama and begs that Hillary end this madness. From Wordnik.com. [Paterson says Clinton frustrated, not desperate] Reference
At last in desperation he decided to risk a battle. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
The stink of desperation is pouring out of Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Santorum: We Found the WMD] Reference
Rand, in desperation, somehow forms weaves of power. From Wordnik.com. [Suvudu Cage Match: How It REALLY Went Down] Reference
Your desperation is exceeded only by your immaturity. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Friedman Defends Repeated Prediction That ‘The Next Six Months Are Crucial’ In Iraq] Reference
Lesson: desperation is consuming, just like wild fire. From Wordnik.com. [Obama searching for cash in Florida] Reference
The stakes are raised, and the desperation is palpable. From Wordnik.com. [January 23rd, 2006] Reference
Keep trying trolls, your desperation is utterly entertaining. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Two Percent] Reference
Often, in desperation, he burst into long stretches of flight. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
I can almost smell the desperation from the studios at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Filmstalker: Ace Ventura 3 begins] Reference
One, who in desperation, jumps a train in the middle of the night. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Your desperation is very obvious in your ever more overt trolling. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Punt on Iraq-Israel « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
WoW-How low can one possibly get (desperation is not even the word). From Wordnik.com. [Clinton apologizes for RFK assassination comment] Reference
Raymon, in desperation, was reduced to the necessity of calling for help. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana] Reference
Was it a political move, in desperation, to even make this letter public. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton makes personal appeal to Obama on delegates] Reference
I think Hillary's campaign has clearly been in desperation mode for months. From Wordnik.com. [Supporter says Clinton getting desperate] Reference
Her entire campaign has been an exercise in desperation and futility since Iowa. From Wordnik.com. [Supporter says Clinton getting desperate] Reference
A whiff of desperation is evident in US attempts to push Israeli-Palestinian talks. From Wordnik.com. [Credit to Obama for sticking with the Middle East. But it's gone very wrong] Reference
There really was a weight to the story as a whole and that desperation is compelling. From Wordnik.com. [Are you ready for the summer? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
Once, in desperation, I bought a frozen piece of pork belly wrapped in freezer paper. From Wordnik.com. [Recipes: Home-Cured Flat Pancetta & Edamame and Mushroom Risotto with Pancetta] Reference
Even in the immediate moments after her announcement, a sign of desperation is evident. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans react to Palin news] Reference
Nevertheless, we cannot help feeling that there is a certain desperation about the award. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel prizes, Turkey and France] Reference
At last, in desperation, he blurted out, "For two cents, Frona, I'd lay ye acrost me knee.". From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER 16] Reference
A few months back, in desperation for some warm weather, I did a list of Top 10 Hot Movies. From Wordnik.com. [J.D.’s Top 10 Movies From the Deep » Scene-Stealers] Reference
At last the patriotic nobles who possessed this right assembled in desperation to abolish it. From Wordnik.com. [The Role of Canada in the Challenge of the East to the West] Reference
And yet that desperation is so utterly human -- it prevents me from seeing them as monsters. at. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Another measure of GZG desperation is that they used peshmerga forces in Basrah (and in Baghdad). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
December 5th, 2005 at 11: 10 am progressive and proud says: dannyk, your desperation is palpable. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Attack Dog Presidency] Reference
When parents come to him in desperation, he asks them three questions: Do they have custodial rights?. From Wordnik.com. [The Snatchback] Reference
"Mr. Landholm," said Mr. Satterthwaite in desperation, "don't you advise Miss Haye to agree to my proposition?". From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
George Cowan did not expect to be cornered up so closely, and in desperation he said what was uppermost in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Purple Springs] Reference
It kept asking itself, over and over, until in desperation Billy Louise went to bed and tried to forget it in sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
The word desperation, unlike determination, evokes a notion of struggle and stress on the body's part, without thinking. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
"Keith Fimian's last-minute desperation is on clear display here," said James Walkinshaw, Gerry Connolly's campaign manager. From Wordnik.com. [Fimian's Latest Ad False, Misleading, Lame] Reference
Weary of the whole proceeding, disgusted with himself and the infatuation that had once enthralled him, he said at last, in desperation. From Wordnik.com. [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference
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