Sentences with phrase «as desperate person»

This exuberant outpour of gratitude will only make you come off as a desperate person and get your application thrown out the window as soon as it arrives.

Do anything to get their attention, but do it subtly, you don't want to come across as a desperate person.

The toll is still rising as desperate people take desperate measures to escape persecution and the horrors of conflicts that show no sign of abating.

Not exact matches

But many desperate people also buy lottery tickets as a matter of hope, in a desperate attempt to get themselves out of poverty.

Several weeks of jungle adventure followed as the pair made their way north through hazardous terrain in a desperate bid to reach the coast and freedom, often relying upon the hospitality of the rural people they met on their way.

«I always say that desperate people do desperate things,» she says, as she reflects on that first, short - lived marriage.

if you read between lines, article sounds like a desperate cry of NRA, first sent some stupid with crazy idea of beefing up schools with guns, and now retaining some cheap bible preaching goon as spoke person

Rainer's book strikes some of us as a rather obvious and almost desperate effort to preserve the institution, especially the part about signing pledges that many people will not keep.

Those words would have been charged with meaning for people living in fear under the Roman tribute system just as they are for people desperate for liberation today.

Even when the petitions of the Old Testament concerning public matters are not vindictive, they are commonly nationalistic, as, for example, the Isaian plea for divine interposition in Israel's desperate need, (Isaiah 63:15 - 64:12) or Daniel's great prayer for his people, (Daniel 9:4 - 19) or the ejaculatory supplications of Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 9:8; 11:13) or the elaborate petitions in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

As people of faith, we can not turn our back on those in desperate need.

He suggests that as people grow in faith they are sent to defend far more desperate posts with far less help.»

Books and papers are valuable, but as seminary is presently constituted.those things defend us from firsthand, visceral encounters with desperate people and places.

Such is the case with «desperate» which, according to the Oxford Dictionary, also has a predicative definition which reads; «(Of a person) having a great need or desire for something», such as a drink of water or relationship with people.

The desperate humanitarian needs of people caught up in conflict in Gaza, Iraq and Syria and the work Christian Aid partners are doing to meet these needs will be uppermost in my mind as I run.»

And of a truth it is not quite so true after all when people say that «it is a matter of course that a sufferer would be so glad to be helped, if only somebody would help him» — this is far from being the case, even though the opposite case is not always so desperate as this.

In the past, we would have seen this as a desperate cry for help, a sign of depression, a sign that the person needs help not to die but to live better.

This individualism has dismissed both the extrinsic and the intrinsic value of each human being in favor of material and professional indices of success that most people believe are due to luck as much as anything else (hence the increasing popularity of lotteries) Because the apocalyptic worldview of the early church has now been replaced with the desperate and meaningless finality of possible nuclear annihilation, eschatological expectations and hope for reversal of human fortunes have given way to a «present - only» scheme of refetence even in Christian theology.

As resurrection people, we can not bask in the light of life to the full while others stand by in desperate need.

Fortunately Mary, there are people out there who actually understand evolution, who have studied evolution and who have doc.umented and taught evolution, so that those of us with even a rudimentary education on the topic can dismiss your comment as nothing more than the desperate and childish attempt to cling to religion even as the rest of the world grows up and embraces reality.

As the competition for a share of the world's limited goods becomes more bitter, justice will vanish in the desperate struggle for survival, and tyrants and bureaucracies will arise to establish some order among the needy and fearful people.

You're so desperate you're posting as different people, keep proving it right.

And while there is no doubt he wrote as one desperate person calling out to another, I think he also hoped his readers would create a better ending for themselves.

I started nursing school, newly clean, broken, emotional, enraged, but a great actress, so most folks just saw me as a people - pleasing smiler, desperate to make the top marks in class to prove to myself and others I was alright.

To one day achieve such importance to so many people that I would have not only hundreds of millions of followers but also detractors so desperate as to call me a myth.

In the strangely efficient world of human trafficking, there are countries of origin, such as Ukraine, Cambodia and Nigeria, where desperate conditions render people vulnerable to enslavement.

Yet Toynbee holds that there may be (as there have been in the past) situations so desperate that the only thing a person with high standards can do is to withdraw from them, and that such detachment is then the necessary preliminary to effective action on the fourth principle, to which we now pass.

As long as you lost and desperate people continue to place your respect and admiration in a criminal organization, you get what you deservAs long as you lost and desperate people continue to place your respect and admiration in a criminal organization, you get what you deservas you lost and desperate people continue to place your respect and admiration in a criminal organization, you get what you deserve.

O made this bread last night but as a lot of other people have stated below, after nearly 2 hours in the oven it was still raw I followed all the processes step by step and I would say the mixture was firm definitely not runny, so am really confused as t what has gone wrong, I even turned up the oven temperature to over 200 for the last half an hour as was getting a bit desperate............... perhaps ella you may be able to post a picture of the dough just before it goes in the oven so we can see what you mean by firm as that may be where it goes wrong OR should I just try with using less water?

As he sees it, when people are desperate and out of work, crime goes up, liability litigation cases are filed more frequently and everyone does whatever they can to make a little money to survive.

People are talking about his behaviour, but if he was really that bad, would Pep be so desperate to have him back, as he has managed him before?

That's what happen when people are desperate for something, on a normal day to our standard we can Only settle for WC striker after the likes of Henry and RVP, but now any decent ST is welcome, as long as he's not Giroud.

Our interest just goes to show that the people behind the scenes knew that our backline was in desperate need of upgrading, but once again they refused to pay a fair price, but as much as I could carry on all day there, I must get back on subject...

It's almost as if people are desperate to find another great weight climber like Manny / Floyd.

We are sorry if we seem ungrateful sometimes Admin, you are really doing a GREAT job making me especially happy and i don't know about any other person cause i might not comment very often but i visit this site every single day of my life to read comments from everyone and it really makes my day... So thank you very much and nevertheless, i personally am tired of reading articles of Alexis Sanchez now... I must admit i personally thought Sanchez was holding Arsenal to ransom before, until Wenger came out to say he has never asked for a transfer request and i think the club has made there intentions known that they don't want to sell him, not even to a title rival and i think that is why city are now going after mbappe, seems they are desperately in need of a striker and if they are that desperate they should fork out 80m for Sanchez if they really need him, I LIKE THE RISK ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SANCHEZ..

Asking people to share or retweet in public can look a bit desperate and sending out loads of dm's with the same text will be perceived as spamming.

Most cafés and tourist attractions are desperate to be seen as open to all, and I found that confronting people head on, and asking, «Are you breastfeeding friendly?»

My daughter has reflux and cow milk intolerance, when I told the Doctor I give Holle milk she wasn't sure as its still animal considering her intolerance which was very bad, we been couple of times at the emergency and after all didn't worked out as all the prescribed milk have an awfull taste and she refused to drink it I was desperate to find something and after 5 months of searching people said that goat milk its easier to digest and has proven the best, she has no problem after I feed her.

If you are desperate for sleep or you worry that your baby may have a sleep problem (if it's not a problem to you, it's not a problem), reach out and ask for practical support so you can catch up on sleep (you aren't imposing, most people love to be involved with a baby), look for a health professional who will address reasons for your baby's wakefulness such as feeding or medical issues and guide you to make changes, gradually with love.

All three main party leaders are desperate to portray themselves as men of the people, especially when energy bills are the only show in town.

The left has allowed itself to be dragged into a right - wing street fight on immigration, as the desperate by - election in Rochester shows people want more

It's a strange thing, I've seen it with others, as people seem like they're out, they just can't resist it, they're desperate to go back in.

He will make clear the policies he would pursue as leader and will show why he appeals to a new generation of people desperate for a left - wing Labour government.»

«As I've got out and talked to people all around this county, it became very clear that the water infrastructure is in desperate need of modernization.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — One week after Hurricane Maria invaded Puerto Rico, frustration is growing as relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible.

And as Operation Sophia tried to rescue those from the seas around Europe as too many desperate people are drowning in pursuit of sanctuary.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif called the Bruno donations «absolutely 100 % legal» and dismissed the complaint as «a desperate attempt to distract people from the fact that the entire Senate Democratic campaign organization is in disarray.»

One week after Hurricane Maria invaded Puerto Rico, frustration is growing as relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible.

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the memo confirmed the opposition party as a bad loser, desperate for another chance after they were kicked out for failing the nation and its people.

He claimed that the Concerned Imo APC Stakeholders discovered that the purported mock primaries was just another gimmick and a desperate bid to foist an unpopular candidate on the party and people of the state as governor.