Not even a gun in the hand of a desperate character.

You tell them that those inside need protection against desperate characters who are trying to break in from outside.

Because his desperate characters don't stir us, we can't find a way to love them.

And the door had not been locked just because we looked pretty desperate characters.

That would have been consistent with the desperate character of the affair.

How would I be knowing a desperate character like that?

"It'll help my image as a desperate character and ruthless killer."

A desperate character he was, and almost devoid of reverence.

On top of their other liabilities, the film's desperate characters aren't terribly good at what they set out to do.

I dare say there are all sorts of desperate characters close at hand.