In a sentence
Six example sentences with desperation, each labelled with its topic.
Down eleven with a minute left, the coach called a full-court press out of pure desperation.
Basketball
The second act works because you can read desperation on the pilot's face long before anyone in the cabin says anything.
Movies
Six weeks of runway left and no term sheet, the founders emailed every investor they had ever met, out of desperation.
Startups
Investors sold in desperation as the fund gated withdrawals, accepting pennies for shares that had cost dollars.
Finance
With one health point left, the player drank the last potion out of desperation and charged the boss.
Gaming
The heroine's letter is written in desperation, every line pleading for money before the rent falls due.
Literature
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