"Desperate situation" refers to a very difficult or serious condition in which there is a sense of urgency or hopelessness.
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No matter how far we had fallen short, no matter
how desperate the situation seemed, I needed to know that there was a reason to have hope.
Our volunteers rescue small breed dogs
from desperate situations including neglect, puppy mill rescue, owner surrender, and euthanasia by animal shelters due to overpopulation.
They are leaving their homes for many reasons: to escape abuse, discrimination, gender - based violence, poverty, trafficking, or
other desperate situations.
Anyone who's ever dealt with the around - the - clock collections calls, chronic worry and stress that makes you ill knows how
desperate the situation feels.
This time he is using video game characters to overcome the reluctance of soldiers to seek mental treatment, even
in desperate situations.
We support local spay / neuter programs, rescuing animals
from desperate situations, and reducing the stray animal overpopulation.
Interviews with Pemex and Mexican security officials, authorities in Guanajuato and locals affected by fuel theft describe an increasingly
desperate situation for the industry and the regional economy.
Zoe Gardner of legal support group Asylum Aid added: «If this detainee has died while supposedly under constant surveillance because of being recognised as a suicide risk, this is yet another utterly damning piece of evidence against the ability of detention centre staff to appropriately care for such people in
such desperate situations and states of mind.
How do you make sure you do it in the right way to be sure you are genuinely providing people who are fleeing
desperate situation with a safe haven...
Characters try to dance their way out
of desperate situations in other films like Step Up, Stomp the Yard and Honey.
Founder of the Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank, Daphine Aikens told Premier some clients would be left in
desperate situations when they arrive.
Bernadette John, from the Good Schools Guide, says some parents, «if they're in a
really desperate situation», even consider moving to a different area before September.
This is a heated topic in consumer advocacy circles as usory lending is deemed to be predatory and takes advantage of people in
desperate situations who need to obtain short term loans.
Limited financial resources brought these families to near bankruptcy when their child was critically injured through a mishap or an accidental inattentive moment, and the often
so desperate situation seemed to be reflected, as well as accentuated by their living environment and social conditions.
«It's heart - breaking when people in
desperate situations try to give back food like pasta and soup simply because they can't afford to cook it.
Their
often desperate situations make our First World existential agonizing over the effects of our 20th - century hedonism on our 20th - century spirituality seem trivial and self - absorbed.
There we shall also make mention of the terror of possible nuclear annihilation and seek to position this
seemingly desperate situation in terms of the idea of revelation.
There is a danger of thinking thees are exceptions or the 1 % perhaps as you put it but if we are honest, really honest with ourselves the same nature is in us and others that was in those in 1930's Germany, part good part bad and who knows what we might do in
desperate situations if there are not some higher principles that we adhere to.
Although the scandal has undoubtedly been exaggerated to a significant extent through the malevolent singling out of priests rather than the members of other offending professions, and the caricaturing of any moral offence by clergy as hypocrisy and justifying generalised contempt and ridicule, priests are none the less faced with a
humanly desperate situation.
It should be little surprise then, that thoughts on the country's
desperate situation pervade Petina Guppah's debut release, An Elegy for Easterly.
Teens should only ever consider a payday loan if they face a
truly desperate situation (and in that case, you may want them to come to you first).
Limit Burst: Temporary increase in strength to get an upper hand in
desperate situations Flash Revive: Sacrifice hit - points to revive an ally
All of these abilities are powered by energy of which are gained through skilful play, such as headshots and swift kill chains, and intelligent use of them throughout will save you from
many desperate situations.
This is always hard for us as we get numerous calls from people in
desperate situations who want to find a safe place to rehome thier beloved dog.
The residents of the neighbourhood told VG just
how desperate the situation really was: Electrical systems are damaged, food stored in freezers rots and businesses go bankrupt.
In the future, she plans on extending the project to include homeless cats who are in even
more desperate situations — those all around the world who are living without the compassion of a few helping human hands.
As a mama to three, I am passionate about TMRP because, for one, I can't fathom being so alone and in
so desperate a situation that I had no other choice but to place my children in an orphanage.
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