Below you will find example sentences with "desperate need". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Desperate Need in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: desperate
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "desperate need" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as re in desperate need of a, and in desperate need of help, help, repairs and financial stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with urgent need, don need, may need, desperate times, desperate attempt and desperate measures, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with desperate need
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
And from their desperate need to replace Tuco, 's most iconic villain was created. (14 words)
If you’re in desperate need of a countryside break near the southeast coast, then keep reading. (17 words)
Lonely, depressed, and withdrawn, Gordon Smith was struggling with his mental health and in desperate need of help. (18 words)
He's a writer in desperate need of a hit book, so when he finds out that a family was killed by hanging outside of the home he just moved into, he decides to write about it as well as the disappearance of the family's daughter. (47 words)
Both sides went into the fixture in desperate need of a win to ease their recent on-pitch woes, with the Blues having struggled under the guidance of Graham Potter as of late despite spending heavily to improve their ranks in the January transfer window. (45 words)
My 2003 Honda Civic is in desperate need of repairs, and I think it's only a matter of time before I need to get a new car, but Elon Musk just shot a Tesla Roadster into space just because he could. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
My 2003 Honda Civic is in desperate need of repairs, and I think it's only a matter of time before I need to get a new car, but Elon Musk just shot a Tesla Roadster into space just because he could.
A double-arm amputee from Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask. is in desperate need of expensive dental implants but the retired farmer says getting financial help from the Saskatchewan government is nearly impossible.
After quitting, Ms. Sobel faced some financial challenges — her basement ceiling was in desperate need of repair — but was adamant that the shift had been a boon for her well-being.
And from their desperate need to replace Tuco, 's most iconic villain was created.
Both sides went into the fixture in desperate need of a win to ease their recent on-pitch woes, with the Blues having struggled under the guidance of Graham Potter as of late despite spending heavily to improve their ranks in the January transfer window.
Convener Tristan Gray told The National: “During a cost of living crisis we welcome any and all attempts to help those in desperate need of help, even Charles Windsor.
Eyebrows were raised when last season’s top goalscorer was left as an unused substitute at last weekend when Arsenal were in desperate need of a goal to secure three vital points.
Following two terms by disgraced former DA Wilson, the county prosecutor’s office was in desperate need of honest and transparent leadership to restore public faith in the department.
He's a writer in desperate need of a hit book, so when he finds out that a family was killed by hanging outside of the home he just moved into, he decides to write about it as well as the disappearance of the family's daughter.
He then texted me and request that I purchase a $200 cash gift certificate and send it to his sister who was on the road and was in desperate need of funds.
Houston has a desperate need for a quarterback and they simply can’t run it back with Davis Mills again.
If you’re in desperate need of a countryside break near the southeast coast, then keep reading.
In her remarks, Judge O’Rouke found he had manipulated the child and used her desperate need for money to satisfy his “pathetic and disgraceful” sexual desires.
It also stands as the latest indictment that the Patriots’ 2022 draft class is shaping up to be a complete disaster for a team in desperate need of internal talent and affordable assets.
Linda (Alison Whyte), a kind but culturally clueless woman, is helping Jacky (and eventually Keith) into stable work through an Indigenous community program in desperate need of funding.
Local couple Jim and Jakki Mackenzie added: “Unfortunately, the current bridge is in desperate need of replacement and if action is not taken soon, our community will be cut off from the west.
Lonely, depressed, and withdrawn, Gordon Smith was struggling with his mental health and in desperate need of help.
Our data centers are the place to start because they’re in desperate need of a sustainability overhaul.
Pitt's Make It Right Foundation has left victims in a 'long nightmare' as their homes waste away and are in desperate need of repairs.
Russia was mired in economic turmoil after the Soviet Union fell and the government was in desperate need of money.