desperation

His stated purpose — ”to set our experience against an objective reality” — was transparent in its desperation.

Stuck halfway out of the massive graveyard set piece, Gaga performs the song with more yearning than ever before, her agile voice rising and falling as it cascades across the desperation in her lyrics.

The Geiers abused disabled kids, whom they gained access to by manipulating parental desperation.

I just enjoyed the date, particularly the agitation in Fahy’s empathetic face that gets misinterpreted as romantic desperation.

“This is the fossil-fuel industry’s desperation on full display — they’re so afraid of facing evidence of their deception in court that they’ve convinced the President to launch a federal assault on state sovereignty.”