Ms. Hathaway says some executives have gone to desperate lengths to reduce meeting time.

An impoverished aristocrat goes to desperate lengths to find something to eat.

But there was no telling to what desperate lengths his passion might not carry him.

They are now more likely to go to fairly desperate lengths to get children into a particular school.

Fiona goes to desperate lengths to try to change Anna's mind.

Winehouse's managers went to increasingly desperate lengths to keep the wayward star on the straight and narrow.

When it comes to national survival, desperate men are prepared to go to desperate lengths.

After quitting, he goes to desperate lengths to try to avoid the draft.

The tragedy demonstrates once again the desperate lengths to which people are prepared to go to try to improve circumstances for themselves and their families.

Iraqis are willing to go to desperate lengths to get more gas.