desperate

We might have thought The Comeback was about a desperate actress's shameless struggle for fame.

Brinsley got out of jail last July, and was desperate and aimless.

After what seemed a desperate eternity, a doctor shook his head.

Sam watches her fall apart, tear herself apart and is desperate.

Then he began stuttering the word “I … I … I …” as if he were making a last desperate attempt to define himself.

The remaining one struggled for another half-minute, and flared up in one last, desperate effort.

The letter was the swift and desperate sequel to several days' absolutely sterile reflection.

But the desperate resistance they encountered compelled them to abandon the island with the loss of 25,000 men.

They are sometimes obstinate and are desperate fighters, squealing and neighing on all occasions.

He will rattle on in Spanish till Herr S. gets desperate, and tries to reduce him to order.