Sentences with phrase «in utter desperation»

In utter desperation for lack of a plantain, I used a sweet potato!

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Without excusing vile behavior, it is a phenomenon in which both victim and perpetrator are born from the same scourge of utter desperation.»

Anything that you wouldn't do except in times of utter desperation isn't something that you ought to run your entire life by.

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:

(In real life people seem to make such pacts for 35, but Hollywood is like a Jane Austen novel in that respect: it considers 28 an age of utter desperation for unmarried ladiesIn real life people seem to make such pacts for 35, but Hollywood is like a Jane Austen novel in that respect: it considers 28 an age of utter desperation for unmarried ladiesin that respect: it considers 28 an age of utter desperation for unmarried ladies.)

Not only are our two leads desperate for jobs, but everyone in the film from the group's lame mentor (Josh Brener, who can't seem to utter a sentence without throwing in the word «zizzle» for all his homies) to the perfunctory mean kid (Max Minghella) all act out of a sense of desperation that's nearly always far too pathetic to be funny.

His performance swings from utter desperation to enragement, from bewilderment to unbridled passion, showcasing all the colours of Keaton's acting range, in what truly is his finest performance to date.

Well, I got stuck in the middle alcove somewhere in the torso and Mr. Hitten at one point, in utter despair and desperation, said more or less, what the high school teacher had said, «I'm going to promote you to life, not because you deserve it, but because I can't do anything with you.»