Below you will find example sentences with "desperate attempt". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Desperate Attempt in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: desperate
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "desperate attempt" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a final desperate attempt but the, an increasingly desperate attempt to distract, away, man and escape stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with desperate need, assassination attempt, first attempt, desperate need, desperate times and desperate measures, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with desperate attempt
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
However, the rebranding feels like a desperate attempt to inject tension where none exists. (14 words)
A man was earlier seen smashing a window with a brick in a desperate attempt to save her. (18 words)
Even some fellow female politicians see her appointment as a desperate attempt to improve the opposition's worn down image. (20 words)
It turns out that man is desperate to show his ailing wife snowfall one more time before she passes away, a desperate attempt to make up for the lost time he spent working instead of cherishing the time he had with her. (42 words)
Perhaps my journey wasn’t just an attempt to escape, but a desperate attempt to fix what remains of me, to save what could be saved; my last chance to build a new life away from the sounds of war. (40 words)
The couple had actually been trying for kids for years and in 2016 resorted to IVF in a final desperate attempt, but the treatment couldn't have been more successful with Hannah falling pregnant after just three months. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
It turns out that man is desperate to show his ailing wife snowfall one more time before she passes away, a desperate attempt to make up for the lost time he spent working instead of cherishing the time he had with her.
Perhaps my journey wasn’t just an attempt to escape, but a desperate attempt to fix what remains of me, to save what could be saved; my last chance to build a new life away from the sounds of war.
Even some fellow female politicians see her appointment as a desperate attempt to improve the opposition's worn down image.
In a desperate attempt to escape capture, the suspect ran across the 5 Freeway lanes after the pursuit but was soon apprehended by authorities.
In October, a video posted on showed a group of people prying open the doors of a Mumbai local train coach in a desperate attempt to board it.
In the wake of the incident, in a desperate attempt to rescue the mother and son, with Sweden also doing the same.
It was an instinctive, desperate attempt to keep the score level as the monumental contest at then-Banc of California Stadium closed in on deciding penalty kicks.
Jeremy Hunt’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester confirming ‘tougher sanctions’ for social security claimants is an increasingly desperate attempt to distract from his own Government’s failures.
Mentioning that Manipur is “predominantly a tribal state”, Soren said there has been “a complete silence and a desperate attempt by the Centre to sideline the issue” and “muzzle the voice of the media and the people”.
On the other, his story came to such a satisfying conclusion that bringing him back could seem like a desperate attempt from Marvel to recoup its recent losses by redeploying its biggest star.
The couple had actually been trying for kids for years and in 2016 resorted to IVF in a final desperate attempt, but the treatment couldn't have been more successful with Hannah falling pregnant after just three months.
They did it out of rabid fear and in a desperate attempt to thwart, pre-empt, and prevent a military coup and stave off an anticipated mutiny in their respective Armed Forces.
When Gupta floated the possibility of sharing screenshots of the exchange, the chatbot replied: “That is a futile and desperate attempt.
A man was earlier seen smashing a window with a brick in a desperate attempt to save her.
A married fashion executive has claimed she made a desperate attempt to ward off her creepy octogenarian boss with a passion for blondes.
As early as January, Pelani buried the wilting maize in bigger ridges for potato production in a desperate attempt to beat hunger.
Both times he ducked the question and even made a desperate attempt at a joke about a reporter's tie, aimed at deflecting attention away from himself.
Gareth Southgate introduces Ivan Toney in place of Phil Foden in a desperate attempt to boost his side's attacking threat.
However, the rebranding feels like a desperate attempt to inject tension where none exists.
In a desperate attempt to quell the disorder, a charge from riot police brandishing batons sent around 300 of the rioters fleeing down the street as reinforcements flooded the area.