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Meanings of sheer desperation in English

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Usage of sheer desperation in English
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Then in sheer desperation the convention adjourned to meet later at Baltimore.
History of the United States
2
He gave a short laugh, and looked at her in sheer desperation.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
3
It is hard to imagine the sheer desperation of that child's parents.
The Irish Times
4
In sheer desperation, at length, I had myself put through to Belknap-Jackson.
Ruggles of Red Gap
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The girl made no reply, but sprang towards the stile in sheer desperation.
The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
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The spear-wielding pastoralists had come to the Kenyan capital out of sheer desperation.
The Irish Times
7
Then in sheer desperation I began to talk madly as himself.
The Purple Land / Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adve...
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These people seem to be prepared to do anything, out of sheer desperation.
The Irish Times
9
In sheer desperation, hesitating more awkwardly than ever, he produced his cigar case.
Armadale
10
It looks to me like a move based on sheer desperation.
Red inferno: 1945
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The mothers who have become... women of the street... out of sheer desperation.
Drood: a novel
12
Dan, in sheer desperation, took in the trip to Philadelphia.
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
13
Mark was at a loss, all plans out the window, relying on sheer desperation.
The Kill Order
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And finally, in sheer desperation, she worked her way round to the other side.
The Amazing Interlude
15
In 1911, the no-sale-of-game law of New York was born out of sheer desperation.
Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
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In sheer desperation I took it-oncredit, for sufficient reasons.
Roughing It
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