"desperate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The battle continued, rendered more terrible by the approach of night, when Rinaldo determined upon a desperate expedient to bring it to a conclusion.
- His desperate expedient had succeeded, had brought one of the searching Empire squadrons to this world!
- Curt's desperate expedient came with such lightning speed that it seemed an instinctive reaction rather than a deliberate decision.
- In an attempt to boost the membership (and therefore increase the income) some "fairly desperate" expedients were tried.
- They might yet be reduced to such desperate expedients, if there was no sign of rescue by the end of the week.
- Since Washington shows no interest in helping, states will be forced into desperate expedients.
- "Only as a last desperate expedient, though; it is painful and might throw me into shock."
- He thought about it for a while, then attempted a desperate expedient.
- If the fighting spirit of the southrons were not all but extinct, would they resort to such a desperate expedient?
- About this time the crafty scholar hit upon a last desperate expedient to regain his footing in the community.
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