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Meanings of quiet desperation in English

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Usage of quiet desperation in English
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Over the past few months, their resilience was replaced by quiet desperation.
Reuters
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It's that whole thing of 'most men lead lives of quiet desperation'.
The Guardian
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He was packing with quiet desperation in the promenade at the rear.
The new yorker
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She watched it, in quiet desperation, as it sputtered and winked out.
Immortal wolf
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At the makeshift operating table, Dr. Salka's expression was changing to quiet desperation.
Anvil Gate
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Many live lives of quiet desperation simply because their marriages fail.
The Irish Times
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Grier looked at Tina with a quiet desperation in his eyes.
The last 10 seconds
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But they were all looking at me with quiet desperation on their faces.
The mango season
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Others worried one white-knuckled hand with the other: wringing, pulling, clutching in quiet desperation.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
10
The cliché goes that men lead lives of quiet desperation.
The football fan's manifesto
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Unis nodded, shocked by the quiet desperation in her voice.
Cross of St. George
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I looked directly at Ruth and could see the quiet desperation in her face.
Making rounds with oscar: the extraordinary gift of an ordinary ...
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, wrote Thoreau in the 19th century.
The Guardian
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Finally, in quiet desperation, I called her house again.
The king of lies
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Was quiet desperation the price of surface happiness?
Crewel
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Quiet desperation through the time
Quiet desperation across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common