Sentences with phrase «in desperate attempt»

I suggested a vacation in a desperate attempt to repair what was so broken.

Your child may feel bored, frustrated and powerless to remedy his situation, and misbehaves in a desperate attempt to relieve that unhappiness.

Children are bored, frustrated and feel powerless, and misbehave in a desperate attempt to relieve their unhappy situation.

The child feels bored, frustrated or powerless, and he misbehaves or develops symptoms in a desperate attempt to relieve his unhappiness.

They have left many Americans quite literally to die — or to go bankrupt in a desperate attempt not to.

Marital and relationship conflicts are often the result of us quickly reacting and interacting out of emotional insecurities (and anxieties) in a desperate attempt to get our partner / spouse to comfort us the way our parents once did.

Such helplessness can make us feel crazy at times, pushing us to extremes in a desperate attempt to change things (though such extreme reactions usually just make things worse).

As the child continues to act out, the parent may become even stricter in a desperate attempt to stop the behavior.

This demonstrates your interest in their particular organization as opposed to them being just another job ad you responded to in your desperate attempt to find employment.

You'd be surprised by how many unfortunate and misguided job seekers resort to throwing in useless «bells and whistles» into their resumes in a desperate attempt to get attention — and how quickly this can backfire.

In an interview with Nathaniel Poppers of the New York Times, Korbit founder and CEO Tony Lyu stated that in the South Korean finance market, if the popularity of an asset spikes and a few people are invested in it, the vast majority of the market and investors rush to invest in that particular asset, in a desperate attempt to follow the trend.

In a desperate attempt to save his family, Marston must traverse a world torn apart by chaos and disorder, using every skill he has to survive long enough to find a cure.

And it seems no one wants to make Windows Store apps because Microsoft has taken to bribing paying developers in a desperate attempt to spur interest in the platform.

For a while there, it seemed like a new one opened every week, filling our cities with dimly lighted rooms that smelled like ashtrays where unhappy couples could spend a couple of hours laughing at the comedians» jokes and then more time afterward recalling the jokes to each other, in a desperate attempt to avoid talking about how they didn't love each other anymore and delaying the next inevitable fight about nothing as they both pretended it wasn't over between them and they're both one step closer to spending the rest of their lives alone and miserable.

I'm relatively optimistic that we'll deal with climate change, what I'm not optimistic about is whether we'll manage to deal with it in anything resembling an «easy» way — I forsee us getting to a point mid-century (or even earlier) when we finally realise we're basically f*cked if we don't get CO2 levels down to something like 350ppm / quickly /, and we have to put the whole world's economy on a total war footing in a desperate attempt to get there.

Scientists are now using high - tech gene sequencing machines in a desperate attempt to save the Tasmanian devil from an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease that is threatening to wipe out the species.

And your mind, in a desperate attempt to warm up, turns to thoughts of summer: popsicles, pool parties, and sunny days.

Arch Coal had a sizable debt payment due in December, but opted to defer payment to mid-January in a desperate attempt to buy itself more time with debt - holders.

And so it begins, the Great Climb Down, the cleansing of old quotes and blog posts in a desperate attempt to salvage a career, preserve a reputation.

It is fascinating Revkin gives Mann so much space in some desperate attempt to salvage his farcical hockey sticks while using his NYT honed «journalism» skills to not even bother looking for a critique.

The UN IPCC has authorised the supply of free carbonated beverages in all developing countries in a desperate attempt to tie up 3.5 GtC over the next year.

As their «science» continues to be exposed and discredited by genuine scientists and astute researchers, we can expect their noisy chorus to get even noisier, in a desperate attempt to push through a new UN climate regime in Paris — before taxpayers completely pull the plug on their global - warming gravy train.

In a desperate attempt to make it easier to solve California's complex and contentious water problems, a dangerous new idea has recently been floated — intentionally letting some species go extinct rather than take the difficult steps needed to save them and their ecosystems.

Who cares what the world demands if we're not immersed in the bedlam, throwing our wallets in the air in a desperate attempt to get our shares?

Instead it's just the Walmart of computers in another desperate attempt to be relevant, which it isn't, except for some of the most cheaply made craptastic pieces of hardware only n00bs and fools would fall for (hence they're huge with the corporate drone crowd).

ARID will invade other robots in a desperate attempt to get their help, and will be forced to work within their personal quirks and operating parameters, creating an opportunity for a truly unique set of challenges.

AJ and his faithful sidekick Mickey Mac, are going up against the Galactic Empire in a desperate attempt to see the fuckin» ending!

I can't tell you the amount of times I've ignored my own advice over the past few weeks to stare longingly at the case of Arkham Knight in store, comparing prices online and working through some serious mental gymnastics in a desperate attempt to justify a purchase.

Or will you forgo a defence entirely, and have your whole team frantically switching between both ends of the field in a desperate attempt to keep the ball out of your half?

Battle your way through slime and angry robots in a desperate attempt to save ship and crew!

In a desperate attempt to get people off their back about all of the massive missteps the first reboot of Star Wars Battlefront had, EA decided to give fans a huge single - player campaign.

Following on from the death of his daughter in «Double Agent», three years have passed and Fisher has turned his back on the Third Echelon and the NSA in a desperate attempt to find answers surround her death and use all his knowledge of stealth combat and information gathering to find the truth.

Mitch, Chris, and Dakota do their worst Kronovi impressions as they flounder about the pitch in a desperate attempt at awesomeness.

Yet mankind endures, taking to the stars and crash - landing on an alien world in a desperate attempt to escape.

After being separated from your adventuring party, you must navigate a deadly dungeon, and fight your way through hordes of creatures in a desperate attempt to escape alive.

«There's a scene in Final Fantasy IV (originally released as II in North America) where a vengeful old man called Tellah sacrifices himself in a desperate attempt to avenge his daughter,» says Kasavin.

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Of course Blaustein wasn't at all happy with the actor situation, so in a desperate attempt to salvage the project and find talent who could fulfil their needs, he flew back to America to round up some voice actors and then fly them back to Japan specifically for the job — something which was unprecedented in the localisation industry.

Often thrown together in a desperate attempt to capitalise on a pop...

In Holdout mode, you can select single player or co-op and face endless waves of zeds in a desperate attempt to see how long you can last.

In any case, if people really want to latch onto this in some desperate attempt to downplay the PC, then we better not EVER see any discussions between console gamers about which console hardware is superior.

In a desperate attempt to adjust to the heat, my pores open and emit a seemingly endless supply of moisture.

Based on a Canadian novel, three pets — two dogs and a cat — travel hundreds of miles in a desperate attempt to reunited with their beloved humans.

Many dogs reach a level of distress that is so high that they become self - destructive and even try to escape in a desperate attempt to find their owners.

We all know how awful pugs shed, I used the shampoo and conditioner in a desperate attempt to make his shedding happen less and i was amazed by the results, I can literally pet him and not a single hair comes off!

In a desperate attempt to take care of my cat's scratching problem I ordered soft paws and am thrilled.

They will brace, struggle and scratch in a desperate attempt to avoid being put in a crate.

In a desperate attempt I found 1800petmeds and ordered thie calming collar and also tise feliway calming diffuser in order to be extremely proactive and to save my furry baby from a life outside.

Your dog may also start to vomit or even assume a 4 - square stance in a desperate attempt to establish and maintain balance.

In a desperate attempt to build a «safe» portfolio, investors and advisers think they have found safe havens in both fixed income and equity markets.