a despairing view of the world situation.
a desperate criminal.
a desperate cry for help.
a desperate illness.
a desperate need for recognition.
a dire emergency.
a do-or-die conflict.
do-or-die revolutionaries.
felt a desperate urge to confess.
helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether.
her desperate screams.
made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber.
on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel.
taken hostage of desperate men.
the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war.
the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal.
they prey on the hopes of the desperate.
they took heroic measures to save his life.