Sentence examples of "desperate" in English

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The war situation was desperate. Die Kriegssituation war hoffnungslos.
Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary. Tom schrie verzweifelt "Mary! Wo bist du?" vom linken Satzende. "Ich fürchte, dass ich dir nun vollkommen entgegengesetzt gegenüberstehe.", war die trockene Antwort Marys.
Suicide is a desperate act. Suizid ist ein Akt der Hoffnungslosigkeit.
He's in desperate need of the money. Er hat das Geld bitter nötig.
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