feel desperate
Frequency: 8.2145.7 per million words
Indicates an internal feeling of desperation.
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Examples (10)
- After days of searching for his lost dog, he began to feel desperate.
- She felt utterly desperate when she realized she had missed the last train home.
- It's common to feel desperate when facing unemployment.
- Trapped in the collapsed mine, the workers started to feel desperate for rescue.
- You might feel desperate if you don't see any progress, but don't give up.
- He felt so desperate for money that he considered selling his car.
- As the water level rose, the villagers felt increasingly desperate.
- Do you ever feel desperate when everything seems to be going wrong?
- Losing his life's work in a fire made him feel desperate and hopeless.
- I was starting to feel a little desperate about finding a solution in time.