Most actual uses have been out of extreme desperation or as an act of last defense.

"I think it shows you the sort of extreme desperation that people have about parking in this city."

Whether or not his act of extreme desperation in the face of a not ultimately desperate situation had in actuality murdered that city was a question he could not decide.

With the Chig War as the main story arc of the series, Space: Above and Beyond probes human emotion in extreme desperation and conflict.

Suicide may have cultural roots as a form of protest, but it points to a collective mania and extreme desperation, it is a cause for deep concern.

The battle lasted seven hours with extreme desperation.

She threw him a look of extreme desperation.

It is feeling extreme desperation.

The other tape, extracted from the film "Risky Business," made Tom Cruise's comic dance in his underwear an act of extreme desperation.

This has led to some describing the government's action as indicative of their extreme desperation.