Desper

The Administration desper ately needs a dose of that, which is why President Obama should name Warren to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then, with a gesture of desper - ation, he tore the mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you can't find someone who's desper - ate enough for wins to take Garcia off your hands, you might be better off dropping him. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In contrast, the man with the reflective goggles was as silent as the snow on which he stood, as un-moving as the rock that had been grasped so desper-ately, and briefly, by the now deceased Johns. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2004)

Suddenly cold, he shivered and headed for the fire, desper - ate to return some warmth to his old bones. ❋ Kirchoff, Mary (2003)

Palin could not see the dragon, though he could hear the discordant horn blast of its frustration as it tried desper - ately to find them. ❋ Weis, Margaret (2000)

Spread-ing out, they readied themselves to intradict any desper-ate flight from the installation. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1997)

He twisted away as the kobun, already beginning to gag, stabbed out in desper - ate reflex. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1995)

What Jaqui always thought about her brother Michael was this: that there was a wolf inside him, eating at him, desper - ate to get out. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1995)

The look on Chekov's face made it clear he desper - ately wanted to answer in the affirmative, but he couldn't. ❋ Weinstein, Howard (1994)

At a loss for any other solution and growing more desper-ate, the highest ranked dragon did as the lowest bade. ❋ Kirchoff, Mary (1993)

The strange creature paused, and for the first time she saw a hint of desper - ation in its eyes. ❋ Brooks, Terry (1992)

Again, she asked her computer for advice, then, desper-ately, deployed her fleet of atomic submarines, punched up the Soviet automatic defence-net against the Ameri-can missiles. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1990)

Although Keldric was ruinously crippled, he was not incapable; Jaric sensed that the boat he needed so desper-ately to buy was inextricably interconnected with the old man's pride. ❋ Wurts, Janny (1989)

The gunslinger retreated, listening'listening desper-ately, as above a beach some unknown distance away in space and time, his mindless body twitched and trembled like the body of a man experiencing a dream of highest ecstasy or deepest horror. ❋ King, Stephen, 1947- (1987)

I only shook my head, a bit shocked at the way my pulses had leaped and my heart skipped at this unexpected invitation to go where I desper - ately wanted to be. ❋ McCaffrey, Anne (1986)

More than forty ships were now anchored at Purdol and Kaem's army had swelled to almost 60,000 fighting men - a sign, so Karnak assured the defenders, of growing desper-ation among the Vagrians. ❋ Gemmell, David (1986)

His difficult, desper - ate ploy had been effective against the man-hater. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1981)

Stile leaped off the side, sprinting desper - ately forward in midair. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1981)

Example #1: "The desperism is evident as John still insists that the world is flat even after seeing the photographs of earth from space. "Example #2: "Despite the overwhelming physical evidence that proved beyond a doubt that Robert was guilty of the murder, in an act of desperism, he continued to claim his innocence without introducing any contradictory new evidence to provide [credence] to his statement." Example #3:"A recent clinically study proved that new widgets produced by [FLUBBY] [INCORPORATED] contain lethal amounts of toxic substances. Despite these findings, in an act of desperism, FLUBBY [INC'c] president released the following statement... "Our products are 100% safe and we urge consumers to continue using FLUBBY brand widgets." ❋ Lance Campeau (2007)

[Brock] is so [desperate] he needs someone's phone [badly] to text his friend for help. ❋ TheAwesomeJUNK (2018)

[Tom] is such a desperate f***, literally trying to [bang] everything that [moves]. ❋ The1337kidofCrawley (2017)

[Shalissa]: Omg I'm so desperate [Bobert]: [Omg same] gurl ❋ Uh Oh Stinky Monkey (2019)

[actually] [laughing] at Jakcs [pick up lines]? that is so desperate. ❋ Comma (2003)

Did u see [Serena] the other day it was so desperate how she kept trying to get his attention, she was legit [hanging off] of him but he just [ignored] her. ❋ DJ Bigg (2018)

Dating another strange dude after just [breaking up]? [Paige] is so [desperate] ❋ NimNom0608 (2018)

In being desperate, you [deceive] yourself into thinking that this person makes you happy when, in reality, it's only the feeling of love that makes you happy. You are so desperate for love, attention, and affection, that you resort to lowering your standards. You may even "settle" for an [abusive relationship], just for the sake of not [being alone]. The state of being desperate is a dangerous thing. ❋ [email protected] (2008)

The Yankees were so filled with desperation to win a game that [A-Rod] actually called out "mine" while running the bases, causing the third basemen of the [Blue Jays] to miss a 2-out [pop fly]. ❋ Dave From BKLN (2007)

Friend: Do you still [speak to] [Eve]? Me: No. She is WAY too [desperate]. ❋ Devil_dragon04 (2019)