Sentences with phrase «desperation as»

We bought this little home (it was being built) in desperation as ours sold 24 hrs after we put it on the market.

But it's hard to characterize Jack's indifferent instrumentalism or Jane's quiet desperation as either zealous or resolute.

The text betrayed a combination of paranoia and mysticism, which seemed to rewrite acts of desperation as a cosmic event.

The once - steady marble match soon transforms into a frantic foray of pure desperation as you struggle to match the plethora of multicoloured marbles quick enough.

While you sit chuckling on the couch, twitching that $ 6 device around in your hand, your cat is experiencing real moments of heroic desperation as she leaps over the ottoman and scrambles up the wall after that tiny speck of light she's never able to catch.

So Animal Advocates was appealed to in desperation as we are so often.

You must be willing to buy when others are selling in desperation as well as being able to sell when all others are euphoric.

There is less stress and desperation as well that is so common on smaller time frames.

The third act is filed with desperation as the truth is suddenly revealed to each of our principles.

Dustin Hoffman mixes passion and desperation as a man of ideals who has been put down many times before and may not have such an opportunity again.

Setting up his scenes in the crowded streets of New York, Director Richard Donner keeps the reins on this production by mixing tense, action - packed scenarios with moments of quiet desperation as the worn - out detective and his nervous sidekick attempt to elude the inevitable.

In the prelude we see Joe (Caine), Willie (Freeman) and Al (Arkin) slipping slowly into desperation as their pension funds are frozen when the factory they worked in downs shutters, combined by their various individual problems.

The movie is most exciting in its evocation of the sensual details of its forbidden romance, lingering touches and kisses infused with as much desperation as desire.

William Shatner's accent tends to drift as the con man with honeyed southern tones but his smarmy grins and cool confidence (which gives in to nervous desperation as their capers get more dangerous) is perfect for the character, and Tom Skerritt is the rock on which the gang is built, loyal to the end to Wilma and her girls.

To balance joy and desperation as gracefully as Mr. Baker does — to interweave giddiness and heartbreak — is no easy feat.

But subsequent viewings of the film reveal how carefully throught through Aman's arc is, as he clings onto his happy - go - lucky persona as a suit of armor from his own emotions with increasing desperation as the story progresses.

Doing his best to claw his way into a dynamic performance is French heartthrob Romain Duris, lost behind a veneer of grizzled desperation as two - bit Italian criminal Cinquanta, who eventually sympathizes with his forlorn captive.

Her expressive features suggest her mounting anger, guilt and desperation as her business grows but her relationships deteriorate.

In these early moments, like a half - hearted action scene set in a Chinatown restaurant secretly run and frequented by extraterrestrials, MIB3 smacks of desperation as it sadly goes through the motions it so cleverly unveiled fifteen years ago.

Marketed with urgent desperation as a film exploring the persecution of homosexuality while making a marked statement about the recuperation of the facts concerning the genius of Alan Turing, the accolades bestowed on this otherwise well mounted but incredibly milquetoast production is the political statement that the film simply does not have the courage to muster on its own.

I bought this out of desperation as there is such a lack of games out for the vita at the moment.

This Pear and Vanilla Bread recipe came out of desperation as pear was the only fruit I could eat during that time, no other herbs or spices aside from vanilla and parsley were allowed, chocolate was a no - go, natural or artificial flavours were out, and my other usual go - to items were off the menu as well.

The concept of «usury» is a powerful one for all three Abrahamic faiths, and it allows them all to cut through to the core moral issue of payday lending — namely whether companies are using people's desperation as an opportunity for profit.

Through her flow of tears I could feel her desperation as she tried her best describing our runaway child's life and death situation.

Percy himself seems to have a high regard for it as at least an honest cry of desperation as opposed to the dull oblivion in which most people remain sunk.

It is clear that you have no valid case to present for your beliefs, and your desperation as exhibited in your ongoing attacks is very apparent.

While she's probably not wrong in that it's likely hovering near the end - point, I would like to just take a moment to point out that most of this whole affair has been fuelled by weak - sauce allegations and conflated facts, and this particular air of desperation as people keep flinging the equivalent of spaghetti against a wall in the hope that something inevitably sticks.

Not exact matches

Two came on great reads by the Seahawks» defense (though one throw he probably should have held onto), and the last, as mentioned, came in an end - of - game, desperation situation.

But they won't last for long, as clients retreat whenever they feel pressure or desperation.

But on the last play of the game, as the Raiders tried to lateral the ball in desperation, chaos took over, and the Eagles were able to recover the ball and run it into the end zone for a 19 - 10 lead with the extra point pending.

It would be easy — too easy — to interpret recent cases of media manipulation by Vancouver - area real estate firms as a sign of the industry's desperation in a faltering market.

He said the new effort to defeat him — while «a horrible act of desperation» — was serving as fresh motivation.

Most buyers can sense fear and desperation, so if you don't come across as level - headed and under control, they will likely exploit every weakness to gain leverage in a transaction.

What looked like evidence of desperation 18 months ago — cost cuts, layoffs — now reads as welcomed discipline.

At the time the loan was interpreted as a sign of desperation.

«At their desks on the other side of the Atlantic, Druckenmiller and Soros saw the rate hikes as an act of desperation by a dying man.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

The proposed purchase of Solar City reeks of desperation, because it facially makes no business sense, and is explicable only as a way to keep a con alive.

And if that weren't enough damage, US T - Bonds were hammered down -20 %, the price in free - fall from 82 to 66... as the then President Jimmy Carter was wringing his hands in his feeble foreign policy confusion and desperation in the White House.

In desperation trying to avoid a worse fate, many of Japan's tortured financial institutions were left open and operating so as to not force losses too much at a time.

In desperation trying to avoid a worse fate, many of Japan's tortured financial institutions were left open and operating so as to not force losses too much at...

Now Oxycodone has joined shuttered factories and Donald Trump as a symbol of white working - class desperation and fecklessness.

You aren't the authority and your bitterness comes off as desperation.

As the role of religion gradually dwindles, their desperation for wanting their beliefs to have a significant impact on reality will increase.

There are parents who will tell you that they knew when their child was young < - parents are not scientists... and they do nt speak for the kids... the kids can say it for themselves... seems more like desperation to add parents in this as you did..

Bob, your inability to express disagreement in civil language speaks further of your panic and desperation in the darkness, being unable to see your own hypocrisy, and is a shining example of a hardened heart and a cautionary tale for all who are not yet as far along your stumbling path to see.

As I try to find my next step, I feel shame, desperation, and vastly unemployable in any other profession.

It tends to come off more as desperation.

With debonair desperation they multiply the telling of stories, making them up as they go along, in the hope of finding one with which, as it is said, they are «comfortable» — at least for the time being, until they feel the need for another that will, as it is said, meet their needs.

The score is tied with just seconds left on the clock, a collective breath is drawn and held as the desperation pass is lofted toward the end zone just as...