Sentences with phrase «by desperate»

It takes a mighty dose of chemicals or some tenacious digging by a desperate homeowner to remove them.

Today, top producers have to fight fee cutting and, unfortunately, poor business practices by the desperate who eke out a living.

But he's being «swamped» by desperate parents looking for help reconnecting with their children.

Our advice service is therefore being overwhelmed by desperate and scared mothers who have suffered or are suffering domestic abuse.

Among the other key trends to watch in 2012, Rosen mentions the use of social media and automation in background screening, as well as the proliferation of fake degrees and false credentials by desperate job seekers in tight economy.

Most Hiring Managers and recruiters are bombarded with generic application documents that are often mass sent by desperate job seekers trying out silly ways to place their applications.

Some are staging wildcat strikes, led by desperate grassroots organizers operating outside official unions.

Urged to settle by a desperate client, lawyers will take what they can get on a rush basis from the insurer instead of taking the time to properly investigate and «work up» the accident benefits claim by engaging the expertise of the appropriate medical practitioners.

That said, if good and readable drafting can avoid litigation by the desperate party seeking to invalidate the action (s) taken under the permission, it's a good idea to use it.

Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for Mr. Trump's 2020 re-election bid, called the D.N.C. allegations a «sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional and nearly insolvent Democratic Party.»

They rightly believed that such a requirement would prevent fraudulent conduct by desperate third parties and victims.

The few cynics out there might disgracefully think that the court was only doing thing so as to ensure no gaps might be exploited by the desperate.

According to CNN, the Trump campaign called the lawsuit «frivolous», with Campaign Manager Brad Parscale stating: «This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party.

The lack there has spurred unrest — with water officials briefly being held hostage by desperate citizens.

The late 70s and early 80s saw frequent fires on East Village streets, often set by desperate landlords who sought to cash in on insurance money because they could not rent apartments.

By the end of the chapter, Hagar dies, destroyed by her desperate attempts to feel attractive.

Their war of conquest and consumption was only halted by desperate measures, uplifting another warmongering species with the tenacity and breeding capacity to turn back the tide.

Driven by his desperate need for the truth and a thirst for revenge, Ian sets out on a thrilling hunt for the masterminds of this conspiracy.

I traded in a ton of games to pay off my PlayStation 4, while planning and budgeting allowed me to purchase an Xbox One and a Wii U. However, it's my opinion that most of this hostility is fueled by those desperate to justify their purchase.

Clearly some of the dogs had once known a real life of sorts, but whether abandoned at a shelter, found running on a freeway, released for a paltry donation by a desperate owner or born to an unfixed dog on a remote property; now they all shared the same fate.

One dog owner, whose two Labradors were picked up twice in the area, has been singled out by some desperate cat owners.

This friendly cat might be owned by a desperate family searching for their beloved kitty.

I know you obsess about customer experience, and you don't want them getting spammed by desperate writers, so let them opt in.

Driven by a desperate need for money, Jinna found herself trapped in a two - year contract as a PA to Demetrio Zarakis, the coldhearted Greek tycoon.

The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter.

There's Zhao, whose path from factory floor to shopkeeper is sidetracked by her desperate measures to ensure a better future for her sons.

Such schemes are always cooked up by desperate losers.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow Cast: Will Poulter, Algee Smith, John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Jacob Latimore, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever Plot: As a racial war erupts in a riot across Detroit, a group of innocent people in a nearby motel are falsely targeted by the desperate police.

Director: Wes Ball Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Will Poulter, Ki Hong Lee, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Walton Goggins with Aidan Gillian and Patricia Clarkson Plot: With Minho (Hong Lee) kidnapped by desperate scientists, intent on sacrificing him to concoct a cure for a zombie virus, Thomas (O'Brien) launches a suicide mission to bring him back home.

It also introduces an unexpected hero: one Dun Meng (Jimmy O. Yang), a Chinese student who, having had his Merc jacked by the desperate duo, somehow contrives to escape and alert the authorities.

At the point of departure, we find Max haunted by his tragic past and hunted by desperate scavengers as he drifts around the vast wasteland in a rusty, rattling, off - road muscle car.

The renowned rock concert would take place in the tiny town of Bethel on a 600 - acre meadow owned by Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy), a dairy farmer approached by the desperate promoters after permission to hold the event in nearby Woodstock had been denied.

Yet even the family's hordes of money can't save his dad from an attack by a desperate criminal (Richard Brake).

Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti play the two enemy soap tycoons, both consumed by desperate intensity.

Starring Joel Edgerton and Christopher Abbott, It Comes At Night follows a man who has ensured his family's safety from an unknown force in a desolate home when they are visited by another desperate family seeking refuge from the same threat.

In the film, Han Solo meets loyal co-pilot Chewbacca and notorious gambler Lando for the first time, bound by a desperate mission against impossible odds that will help shape the irresistible scoundrel audiences have come to love.

I won't spoil the secret here, but it is worth noting that there's a sad irony to the career choice made by the desperate - for - cash family.

Moved by her desperate cry for help, Chisolm recruits a team of men with special skills who accept the impossible mission of taking on an entire army to save the town.

After driving Leonard and Penny crazy by his desperate attempts to remember the name of a song stuck in his head, Sheldon has a revelation when he realizes why.

For 2016, the new Antoine Fuqua - directed film stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Byung - hun Lee and centers around a group of outlaws, mercenaries, bounty hunters and gamblers who find themselves employed by the desperate townspeople...

For 2016, the new Antoine Fuqua - directed film stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Byung - hun Lee and centers around a group of outlaws, mercenaries, bounty hunters and gamblers who find themselves employed by the desperate townspeople of Rose Creek who are being overrun by a villainous industrialist (played, of course, by Peter Sarsgaard).

Patti Cake $ is by no means a hopelessly bad movie, it's just hampered by its desperate need to be a crowd - pleaser.

This site can not provide the satisfaction needed by desperate men.

Another bone of contention hindering the online dating reputation is the fraud and scam element that exists today, which is fuelled by desperate gangs of online crooks who strategically and calculatingly disguise themselves as worthy adversaries.

Urged by desperate parents, the board expanded the traditional nonprofit by launching Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc., an independent arm, to spearhead drug discovery.

Very little has surprised me more, in my years as a public intellectual, than how often I get collared on the street by some desperate pedestrian demanding an answer to this most fundamental question.

This is partly because the science shows on television keep changing, but it is also a fact that work in the field has, until lately, been spotty and lackadaisical, undertaken more often by desperate science writers for an afternoon than by a dedicated specialist for an entire year.

It's a mistake to think of the multiverse as a theory, invented by desperate physicists at the end of their imaginative ropes.

The new DIY substances range from a vast inventory of performance - enhancing drugs consumed by gym rats looking to get big, to an ever - growing selection of psychoactive compounds sampled by club - hopping teenagers, to synthetic variations of hard - core narcotics wolfed down by desperate drug addicts.

«That is why we had a situation where the duly assigned returning officers would collect materials and these would be snatched from them by hoodlums hired by desperate politicians,» he said.