The children remained preoccupied by their loss and would continue to cry from time to time, but in an increasingly hopeless and dejected way.

His desperation is readily apparent, as he makes increasingly hopeless manoeuvres and painful faux pas in trying to curry favour with those he perceives having superior social status.

The American military applied it and turned around an increasingly hopeless war, according to one narrative.

"The separatist movement was facing an uphill struggle that was becoming increasingly hopeless," says Gevorgyan of Global Insight.

The situation comes to seem increasingly hopeless.

This was increasingly hopeless.

On Tuesday, rescue workers continued to dig through the muck in an increasingly hopeless search for survivors.

He said he had become depressed, increasingly hopeless.

"The King sees this whole thing as an increasingly hopeless situation, stuck between American insensitivity, Israeli intransigence and Palestinian indecision," a Western diplomat said.

After missing repeated deadlines, the negotiations have looked increasingly hopeless.