Below you will find example sentences with "desperate times". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Desperate Times in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 14
  • Discovered as a combination around: desperate
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 17.4 words

Words in this phrase

desperate times

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • desperate can mean: In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. Frequent word
  • times can mean: plural of time Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

desperate times call for 2× desperate times desperate measures 1× desperate times they say 1× have caused desperate times for many 1× having created desperate times in new 1× in these desperate times we all 1× it was desperate times for the 1× move so desperate times called for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

desperate times call 2× anyways it s 1× arm first used 1× desperate times they 1× fight for their 1× i hadn t 1×

Common sentence endings:

as pure grunge 1× for desperate escapism 1× for desperate measures 1× in desperate times 1× in new york 1× measures i suppose 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

measures 5× free 2× call 2× own 2× fight 2× lives 2× new 2× first 2× central 1× turning 1× points 1× emmets 1×

Related phrases

four times five times desperate need york times ten times numerous times wait times modern times multiple times times larger

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around desperate:

desperate need 14× desperate attempt 7× desperate measures 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

desperate need desperate measures desperate attempt desired results desired may desired donations

Just after it in the phrase index:

despite having despite repeated destroy hamas detailed information detailed timeline details concerning

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

desperate need desperate attempt desperate measures

Same ending:

four times five times york times ten times numerous times wait times

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "desperate times" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 17.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as desperate times call for, desperate times desperate measures, measures, free and call stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with four times, five times, desperate need, desperate need, desperate attempt and desperate measures, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with desperate times

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Desperate times desperate measures. (4 words)

These are desperate times. (4 words)

Desperate times call for desperate escapism. (6 words)

Longer example sentences

Arm first used the term in 1981, when he wrote a letter under his given name Mark McLaughlin to the Seattle zine Desperate Times, criticizing his own band Mr. Epp and the Calculations as "Pure grunge! (36 words)

It was desperate times for the Indian team as they went into the fourth quarter looking to create opportunities in the first few minutes but were unable to find a way past the Japanese defense. (35 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)

Question examples

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)

Exclamation examples

Arm first used the term in 1981, when he wrote a letter under his given name Mark McLaughlin to the Seattle zine Desperate Times, criticizing his own band Mr. Epp and the Calculations as "Pure grunge! (36 words)

Example sentences (14)

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 call for desperate escapism.

Desperate times they say calls for desperate measures.

Anyways, it’s understood, desperate times require desperate actions.

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.

Fight for their lives, fight for their lives, the hopeless are useless in desperate times.

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Mass layoffs across the country in a number of sectors, lack of sufficient savings, and the US teetering on the brink of recession have caused desperate times for many.

But in these desperate times, we all need a little something to take the edge off.

Yet the new virus, worrying as it is, hardly qualifies as having created desperate times in New York.

It was desperate times for the Indian team as they went into the fourth quarter looking to create opportunities in the first few minutes but were unable to find a way past the Japanese defense.

These are desperate times.

Arm first used the term in 1981, when he wrote a letter under his given name Mark McLaughlin to the Seattle zine Desperate Times, criticizing his own band Mr. Epp and the Calculations as "Pure grunge!

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