Sentence examples of "desperate" in English

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Translations: all10 désespéré8 other translations2
The war situation was desperate. Le contexte de la guerre était désespéré.
Suicide is a desperate act. Le suicide est un acte désespéré.
I'm starting to feel desperate. Je commence à me sentir désespéré.
He's starting to feel desperate. Il commence à se sentir désespéré.
She's starting to feel desperate. Elle commence à se sentir désespérée.
He made desperate efforts to reach the shore. Il fit des efforts désespérés pour atteindre le rivage.
He peddled his "miracle cure" to desperate cancer patients. Il fourguait son "traitement miracle" aux malades du cancer désespérés.
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, désespéré, hurla : « Mary ! Où es-tu ? » depuis l'extrémité gauche de la phrase. « Je crains de n'être désormais totalement à l'opposé de toi », répondit sèchement Mary.
He was desperate to escape. Il voulait désespérément s'échapper.
The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants. L'évêque eu pitié des étrangers dans le désespoir.
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