Below you will find example sentences with "desperate measures". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Desperate Measures in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: desperate
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 20.8 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "desperate measures" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 20.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as desperate times desperate measures, all these desperate measures that are, times, take and taken stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with financial measures, distancing measures, desperate need, desperate need, desperate times and desperate attempt, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with desperate measures
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Desperate times desperate measures. (4 words)
Desperate times they say calls for desperate measures. (8 words)
Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose. (8 words)
Therefore, stating that “desperate measures” were required to “put things in order”, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on November 1 told IndiGo to replace the engines in 97 A320neo aircraft “at all costs” by January 31 or they would be grounded. (42 words)
Her policies, therefore, may be seen as desperate measures to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne at all costs, and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline. (39 words)
Beldon couple Tom and Kate were forced to take desperate measures to escape a terrifying blaze at their Bali hotel — trapped on the third floor with no way out — three days before a similar fire in Seminyak. (37 words)
You were central to one of the turning points of the Emmets’ season, when you won that free against Firies late on for David Keane to kick the winning free, desperate times, desperate measures? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
You were central to one of the turning points of the Emmets’ season, when you won that free against Firies late on for David Keane to kick the winning free, desperate times, desperate measures?
Desperate times they say calls for desperate measures.
Akande noted that it was a season of upcoming elections and desperate politicians resorting to desperate measures.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose.
Desperate times desperate measures.
I hadn’t seen it anywhere since their move, so desperate times called for desperate measures: I found my own recipe.
I have never been a doomsday proponent, but mass desperation leads to desperate measures, and in the case of any financial collapse today, those measures have the potential to become deadly.
Beldon couple Tom and Kate were forced to take desperate measures to escape a terrifying blaze at their Bali hotel — trapped on the third floor with no way out — three days before a similar fire in Seminyak.
In these trying times, desperate measures are taken.
On Thursday desperate measures were underway to build control lines around the scrub fire before the wind change.
Poor consumers have had to resort to desperate measures such as sinking themselves in debt and making use of loan sharks to put food on the table.
So, that’s why you see all these desperate measures that are being taken, including the deportation of Almajiri.
Therefore, stating that “desperate measures” were required to “put things in order”, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on November 1 told IndiGo to replace the engines in 97 A320neo aircraft “at all costs” by January 31 or they would be grounded.
Selby thinks people are driven to desperate measures because they cannot disassociate who they are from how they look.
Faced with few alternatives, residents take desperate measures to stay warm.
Sometimes players fed up with their camp routine take desperate measures.
UTM is DPP part B, hence there is more plausible political ammunition DPP can use against it without turning to desperate measures.
As the death toll begins to rise, more desperate measures are taken.
Her policies, therefore, may be seen as desperate measures to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne at all costs, and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline.
Rob takes desperate measures to shut Tina up so he grabs a lead pipe from a van outside the builder's yard and bludgeons Tina to her death.