desperate gamble

Examples (10)

• It was time for a last desperate gamble.
• In a desperate gamble, the startup slashed prices to survive the quarter.
• Her desperate gamble to confess everything finally won their trust.
• The coach made a desperate gamble by substituting the goalkeeper in stoppage time.
• Taking a desperate gamble, he staked his reputation on the untested plan.
• Their desperate gamble paid off, but it could easily have failed.
• What looked like a desperate gamble at dawn seemed brilliant by dusk.
• Facing bankruptcy, they chose a desperate gamble rather than slow decline.
• The leader’s desperate gamble to call early elections backfired badly.
• History remembers his desperate gamble as the turning point of the campaign.