Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort.
Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
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Examples for "despairing "
Examples for "despairing "
1 Amid the universal devastation wild shrieks and despairing groans fill the air.
2 He uttered the name in a tone of indignant and despairing protest.
3 The despairing priests wrung their hands on the peristyles of the temples.
4 Then came the shouts of victory, the despairing cries of the vanquished.
5 We are creating huge numbers of disenfranchised, disillusioned and despairing young people.
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless.
Другие значения термина "desperate" 1 The third major issue facing the country is its desperate education crisis.
2 No matter how desperate the military situation, he must answer his mail.
3 But we're still far from mass production, and the situation is desperate .
4 Swansea City continue their desperate search for form at home to Bournemouth.
5 The conditions for displaced people within Kosovo were now desperate , NATO said.
6 The overall situation of the human race was, of course, ludicrously desperate .
7 Islanders were in desperate need of water, food and tents, he said.
8 He said the situation is becoming desperate while they continued to wait.
9 There's a desperate situation arising for some of South Africa's young sportspeople.
10 The siege was very desperate both in the assault and the defense.
11 The answer she received was an overwhelming, desperate need to come out.
12 There is a clear and desperate need to tackle these global issues.
13 They were days when a draw against France sparked a desperate hope.
14 The whole earth is in the grip of a desperate moral emergency.
15 But nonetheless, he was desperate to get home as soon as possible.
16 She felt quite alone in the world in beginning this desperate undertaking.
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