| Joan was keenly aware of the desperateness of the situation. |
| Amid so much ruin, it's almost uncanny to see crops growing, and baby goats butting one another, and despite the desperateness all around us, the young boys in Nakul's band are still young boys. |
| In the moment of that thought the desperateness of his situation dawned upon him. |
| She showed the desperateness of suffering, a woman's incredible patience with injustice and finally, a lowbrow grace that is not common in a world filled with pretensions. |
| I'd never been hungry like that, with a desperateness that can't be expressed. |
| Frustration and desperateness filled his eyes and he fell back onto the pillow, looking more desperate then ever. |
