Примеры desperate

• This was a desperate attempt by whig leaders to embarrass a succeeding tory government and carry themselves back into office.

• Fortunate is he who, with a case so desperate as mine, finds a judge so merciful.

• The reader becomes a bit desperate because of the sheer volume of the book (almost 500 pages).

• Cruel scams were played out on desperate families, with meaningless but costly information peddled to them on the whereabouts of the missing.

• But this is hardly the time to be expecting those who are leading a desperate battle against a deadly virus to step back.

• He found ready support among his colleagues on the general staff, desperate to limit the quantity of armaments to be assigned to colonial defence.

• He was constantly ill and was desperate to leave ' this beastly country ', but had to remain until he had cleared his debts.

• The value of the pub circuit, according to industry mythology, resided in the initial (sometimes desperate) attempts involved in securing audiences' approval.