Sentences with phrase «in desperation at»

Sometimes the money and the rush and love all get together in one game, wrapped in desperation at the end of the cycle.

Not exact matches

The startup path is strewn with aspiring entrepreneurs who give up at the first tough challenge, are quick to make excuses or burn themselves out in stubborn desperation on a broken objective.

Yet, it seems like even mainstream media is grasping at some of these tactics in desperation to survive.

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.

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...

Over the years, I have observed the bulk of the Evangelical fleet drift — and then in desperation for some greater motivation, change fuels — from the open - arms gasoline of evangelism meetings, to the super-sparks of charismatic gifts, to the sluggish - diesel of homogenized Biblical theology, to the stuttering - and - sparkle fuel of Christian music, to the nitro - flamed - fuel of hating gays, and now to the turbo - charged hatred of illegal aliens at home and Muslims overseas.

At last, in his desperation, the question hit him: «Well, how much better off am I than a cancer patient?

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.

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.

When you do look at references to cannibalism in the Old Testament, you can infer from the context of Deuteronomy 28:53 - 57, Leviticus 26:29, 2 Kings 6:26 - 29 and Jeremiah 19:9, Ezekiel 5:10, and Lamentations 4:10 that just as much as now people at time understood it to be an act of desperation, but it is never explicitly forbidden by God.

Language here is not up to the task, and in desperation the philosopher ascribes this insight of a self-less race to some «perspectiveless perspective» or «view from nowhere» — a view, we are to understand, of nobody at all.

But in your version of the cartoon, are there also people wailing in shock and desperation at who they expected to see and didn't make it?

Such alienation or estrangement brings about a sense of human frustration, sometimes felt very keenly but more often and with most of us in something like Thoreau's «quiet desperation,» known at moments when we can not sleep or when we are not happy about what we have been doing or thinking.

The following passage, written at a time when it would have been quite «realistic» to despair of Israel's future, may serve to exemplify the trust to which the revelatory promise calls us, not least in situations of utter desperation:

Shelley texted me in desperation when her supply ran out because she wanted more, and the rest were at my house.

Luckily a fire extinguisher was at hand in the form of the leftover filling which we spooned into our mouths in desperation.

Arsenal have recently done well at starting their business relatively early in the summer with a key signing, only to then lose all that transfer momentum and eventually leave Arsenal fans in a state of desperation.

yes mate were desperation levels now were basically that 14 year old kid who coated himself in lynx aftershave spray an gelled his hair, hoping any girl at the prom will look at him.

Wenger has taken almost four years to strengthen four positions with world class players, but at the same time he has also failed to address the areas of desperation, upfront and in defence, for the exact same four year period.

OK, so they managed a creditable 0 - 0 draw at Wigan last weekend, although the decision to bring back Leroy Lita from his loan spell at Charlton smacked of desperation, while the Daily Mirror report tension in the camp ahead of Saturday's game against Spurs.

The game actually was tied at 38 with just seconds left... Captain Chris Valvassori sunk a hook shot to take the lead by two points and Team Audley came up just short with an in - and - out desperation 3.

So with 15 minutes to go Wenger brings on Giroud in desperation and removes Iwobi at last.

In addition to honest and open communication concerns, there are also fundamental issues of managerial incompetence, poor negotiating strategy, procrastination, dithering, lack of ambition, lack of willingness to compete with the top teams in the league despite supposedly being financial heavyweights, desperation at the very end of the window, compounded by promises made when Arsene was re-signed and poor team selection decisions for the first three matches, further compounded by a pattern of incompetence during transfer windows and in general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low leveIn addition to honest and open communication concerns, there are also fundamental issues of managerial incompetence, poor negotiating strategy, procrastination, dithering, lack of ambition, lack of willingness to compete with the top teams in the league despite supposedly being financial heavyweights, desperation at the very end of the window, compounded by promises made when Arsene was re-signed and poor team selection decisions for the first three matches, further compounded by a pattern of incompetence during transfer windows and in general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low levein the league despite supposedly being financial heavyweights, desperation at the very end of the window, compounded by promises made when Arsene was re-signed and poor team selection decisions for the first three matches, further compounded by a pattern of incompetence during transfer windows and in general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low levein general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low levein recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low level.

However, this will be the Ravens day for a change of pace, and a rebound victory will change the tone of desperation in Baltimore for at least a couple weeks.

It wasn't a desperation move because, hell, the Chiefs were actually up at that point in the third quarter, 21 - 13.

The most memorable came in a divisional playoff game at Minnesota in 1975 — a 50 - yard desperation heave to Drew Pearson to beat the Vikings, 17 — 14.

A transfer student at the Richmond Academy in Georgia, Ann Bee took up tennis «in desperation» because she had no friends.

She had way more left in the tank and could have taken the fight if she went turbo, but she put thought herself and let Rose steal it with a desperation take - down at the end.

Agreed... Hyped Talk of NM another sign of fan desperation... Not that he is bad but he is a long long way from being a regular in a top 6 team... Needs to go on loan to championship side for next 4 months to see if he can muscle it at that level and learn to b more disciplined in passing and effort

He is currently valued at around # 45m by Monaco, who are trying to take advantage of Arsenal's desperation and get the most they can for him, however, even at that prize, he is still going to be a bargain buy if you put into consideration his age and the current inflation in the transfer market.

The Volunteers had worked hard to erase a 10 - point deficit in the final five minutes and forced the game to come down to a desperation heave; as for the outcome of that heave, at least unforgettable losses have become commonplace in this rivalry.

With the quality in our squad, and the desperation to win, or at least go further in the Champions League, to go out against a side like Monaco requires a sacking of the manager.

In desperation, Harkness deliberately fouled Shingleton, who then stood at the free throw line in a one - and - one situation as calmly, he says, as if he were playing a game of H - O - R - S - In desperation, Harkness deliberately fouled Shingleton, who then stood at the free throw line in a one - and - one situation as calmly, he says, as if he were playing a game of H - O - R - S - in a one - and - one situation as calmly, he says, as if he were playing a game of H - O - R - S - E.

I have two options here, I can either try to weather out this storm, though I'm likely to miss the playoffs in the league, or i can make a desperation trade of Harden to get back some quality players (not on his level of course, no one is giving me fair value at this point) and keep fighting for the playoffs, but then i'll likely flounder out.

It might be too late to get Arsenal in the top four this season, and might have been a late sign of desperation from Arsene Wenger to show he's willing to change, but something had to be done after the humiliation at Selhurst Park.

Mata, after seeing his side lose in this fixture last season, which incidentally is the last time United lost a match at the Theatre of Dreams, spoke of his desperation to win the derby, saying:

The equaliser came with 15 minutes to go, as Sigurdsson scored a wonderful free - kick which was given away in desperation, due to the Gunners lack of players at the back.

Found the back of the net when offside, however his frustration and desperation showed at the death when he skewed horribly wide when alone in the box with the last kick of the game.

After these long periods of listening to him scream in desperation, looking at my wife's painful grimaces and knowing he will not be satisfied and we will need to feed him again in 2 hours puts me on the edge and from this point on, every little cry, grunt or noise he makes, enrages me.

Finally, in desperation, we switched back to disposables at night and Roscoe's redness completely cleared up.

Dana Galizia of Roselle, who works at the front desk of the Wellness Center, recently enrolled in May's class out of desperation.

I know I don't always give him the most healthy choices in my desperation to get him to eat, but at some point I figure eating something is better than nothing at all.

In an act of last minute desperation, mom had to yell at him to, «Go catch the baby!»

She looks at me in desperation.

«Ignoring the desperation these vulnerable children find themselves in will only allow the situation to get worse, and the longer our government pretends this is not their problem the more these orphans lose hope at finding a home, securing an education and living a stable and peaceful life.»

Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.

«One of the most gruesome things we hear at the Ali Forney Center is our young people who have been recently diagnosed in their desperation to get shelter and housing will forsake taking the medication because they want to be eligible for the current HASA guidelines,» said Carl Siciliano, executive director of the group, which helps homeless LGBT youth.

Thoughts of such ululation of Hon. Bagbin, reminds me of the early days of Chairman Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings in whom citizens of many countries in the third world at the time, craved with desperation to catch glimpse ofand wished he was the Head of State of their home countries.

Faced with declining support in the legislature and opposition from law enforcement, this backdoor attempt at gun control is a disgraceful sign of desperation on the part of its proponents.