Sentences with phrase «turns in desperation»

casts Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel, a formerly best - selling celebrity biographer who turns in desperation to forgery, penning letters from famous people in an effort to resurrect her career.

If we can not know God, then it is understandable that good people who yearn for asustaining relationship with Him turn in desperation to weird, and frankly kooky, forms of spirituality in order to fill the void left, so they imagine, by God's unattainability.

At eight years old, suddenly unable to find The Voice on the radio, J.R. turned in desperation to the bar on the corner, where he found a rousing chorus of new voices.

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However, running a business is stressful and it's all too easy to turn to advisors in desperation and take urgent advice from those that may not actually know best.

I turned to Rick in desperation when opening my new business and he solved my website issues right away!

It is in this desperation, this recognition of our smallness and limits that we turn to God, on a daily basis, and pray for strength, courage, and hope.

The following figures that Barcelona then paid for Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund and the reputed fees banded around in the media suggesting what the Catalan outfit were prepared to pay for the recruitment of Liverpool's Phillipe Coutinho, ultimately turned into acts of desperation.

I think the problem with formula samples is that moms often turn to them in a moment of desperation, rather than a thought out decision to supplement.

We're not trying to be uncool or get egged; we were actually inspired to do this by Halloween 2010, when we ran out of candy about a half hour before we wanted to turn out the porch light, and, in desperation, started passing out fruit - and - grain and granola bars from our cabinets.

They may think that this is all their fault, and turn to parenting books in desperation.

Whether you wait patiently for it to happen naturally or turn in bleary - eyed desperation to Dr. Soandso Snoozenhaugen and his 99.99 % guaranteed method of Getting Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night (Without Sentencing Him to a Life Fraught with Abandonment Issues), it does happen.

In theory and in practice parliamentary candidates and their helpers will have no time to read guides, polemics, biographies or memoirs before and during the general election, although a few may turn to them in desperatioIn theory and in practice parliamentary candidates and their helpers will have no time to read guides, polemics, biographies or memoirs before and during the general election, although a few may turn to them in desperatioin practice parliamentary candidates and their helpers will have no time to read guides, polemics, biographies or memoirs before and during the general election, although a few may turn to them in desperatioin desperation.

Interestingly, the local government has 120,827 registered voters, the second highest after Yenagoa with 135,025 registered voters, hence the desperation of both parties to carry the day in the council, which has turned out to be the beautiful bride in the Bayelsa 2015 governorship poll.

«In my own view, this plot is an act of desperation, blackmail, intimidation, abuse of office and crude tactics aimed at turning our country into a Police State where top officials can not be made to obey the law, follow due process and subject themselves to constituted authorities,» the Senate President told Senators.

Boko haram was created to make life difficult for Jonathan as president and Christians but God in his infinite wisdom turned the barrel of the gun to the mischievous and the result was the desperation to halt the madness by acquiring power by all means.

In desperation, the firm turned to science Ph.D. candidates — and why not?

Reynolds repeats the original «Deadpool» dynamic of giving the movie at least five times what it gives him in return, turning neediness, self - pity, desperation and narcissism into different kinds of comic fuel.

Surveying the ravaged landscape of the Detroit area — which could be a stand - in for post-Katrina New Orleans, or any other condemned, jobless American blight — Gosling turns common underclass desperation and exploitation into the stuff of nightmares.

In what has accidentally turned out to be perhaps the first new release to actually tap into the economic and emotional desperation of our times, this ray of sunshine painstakingly shows us how these young Albuquerque - based sisters wound up cleaning other people's guts off the floor.

Despite a police presence this small town feels lawless, and in this lawlessness comes desperation and true dramatic turns in the story.

Just like that, director David Mackenzie establishes, first, the idea that the men in that blue Camaro are up to no good; second, the current of economic desperation driving screenwriter Taylor Sheridan's story; and third, the religious posturing that offers an alternative to existential despair, with roadside churches, TV evangelists, and Christian radio offering a relentless white - noise stream of piety on demand to an American underclass with nowhere left to turn.

That is, until the film's third act rolls around and the plot takes an inexplicable turn into slasher territory, an act that reeks of either desperation by the screenwriter or interference by ignorant producers («the audience must be growing restless by now, how about throwing in a deranged serial killer for the astronauts to cope with as well!»)

A generation that suffered at the hands of a Thatcherite government that turned its back on the working classes who, steeped in poverty and desperation, succumbed to a drug epidemic that permeated their neighbourhoods.

Closer to our home, a human surgeon turned to the mystic arts in desperation after losing the dexterity of his hands.

However, we are seeing a teacher shortage crisis in our schools which means that head teachers are turning to agencies in desperation to fill the gap.

Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said that school budgets are already under pressure, but «head teachers are turning to agencies in desperation to fill the gap».

In desperation the people of Florida (at least the minority that still participate in the electoral shell game) have turned to a man with a background in massive theft from the federal government, liberal use of the Fifth Amendment, and a lot of moneIn desperation the people of Florida (at least the minority that still participate in the electoral shell game) have turned to a man with a background in massive theft from the federal government, liberal use of the Fifth Amendment, and a lot of monein the electoral shell game) have turned to a man with a background in massive theft from the federal government, liberal use of the Fifth Amendment, and a lot of monein massive theft from the federal government, liberal use of the Fifth Amendment, and a lot of money.

The Apache warrior Marteen wants Catharine as his woman, and she turns to Nathan in desperation, asking him to pose as her husband.

As a Rescue committed to helping cats in need, we have decided it is imperative, given the circumstances, that we step up to do what we can and not turn a blind eye to the desperation.

In desperation the people turn to Dearth's two greatest shamans, who must jointly confront the beasts and solve the crisis of the land.

In desperation more than hope I turned to the options menu, and there found «change detection type».

Sasuke was abducted by Orochimaru and, in desperation, Sakura turned to Luffy to go rescue him... A long adventure awaits the hero of One Piece, in which he will fortunately be able to rely on the help of Naruto and Ichigo (Bleach).

In our desperation, humans have made robotic exo - suits to help turn the tide.

UN In Desperation Tries To Frighten Political Elites; Turns To WAPO Reporter To Spread The B.S. — Useful Idiot or Dumber Than A Rock?

C3 Headlines September 25, 2009 article was entitled: «UN In Desperation Tries To Frighten Political Elites; Turns To WAPO Reporter To Spread The B.S. — Useful Idiot or Dumber Than A Rock?»

The combined effect of this decision is to make the sex trade industry significantly safer and lawful for those fortunate enough to be operating in the «higher - end» fringes while doing little to protect the drug / alcohol - addicted women who turn to street prostitution in desperation.

I couldn't deal with money chasing and so in desperation (once again) I turned to Creative Group (an agency that places creatives into well suited positions) and pretty quickly they'd found a packaging gig for me at Smashbox Cosmetics.

In desperation, perhaps you even turned to the classifieds section of your local in - print newspaper, magazine or flyer but still haven't managed to score that position of your dreamIn desperation, perhaps you even turned to the classifieds section of your local in - print newspaper, magazine or flyer but still haven't managed to score that position of your dreamin - print newspaper, magazine or flyer but still haven't managed to score that position of your dreams.

Beating the bushes of gainful employment to no avail, many job hopefuls turn, in wisdom and desperation, to professional resume writers.