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desperate attempt to

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meanings of desperate, attemptand to


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desperate
adjective
uk /ˈdes.pər.ət/ us /ˈdes.pɚ.ət/
very serious ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk /əˈtempt/ us /əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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to
preposition
uk /tuː/ us /tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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Examples of desperate attempt to


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This was a desperateattempt by whig leaders to embarrass a succeeding tory government and carry themselves back into office.
In a desperateattempt to escape his ancestral history, he simply leaves home one day and heads north.
The ruling party is also revealed to be in a quandary, with its leadership ' re-radicalising official discourses ' (p. 47) in a last desperateattempt to curry favour.
Pathology thus reveals the extremes to which this search may lead; it points to the ineluctable fate of a desperateattempt to retrieve the impossible.
It was full of bluster and ill-will and was a desperateattempt to rewrite history.
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There should be a renewed attempt to secure a revised form of procedure, and we should make a desperateattempt to end the arms race.
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Firms are holding on to export markets without profits in a desperateattempt to keep their market share and the markets.
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It appears that the cut-off date for the replies has been extended yet again in a desperateattempt to stimulate interest.
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The dolphin tights its captivity, often damaging itself on the nets in a desperateattempt to escape.
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The report formulated by the rapporteur is a desperateattempt to rescue some of the philosophy behind stability.
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That person has been excluded in a desperateattempt to save money in the household.
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We think of it happening when people destroy habitats in a desperateattempt to grow food or scrape out a living.
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It is a desperateattempt to create legitimacy for an idea for which there is no argument, advantage or appetite.
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This is one more desperateattempt on the part of the bankers of this country to anchor our currency to gold.
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This is clearly a panic measure introduced as a desperateattempt to obtain a press release in rural areas.
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Or is it the language of a party ready to stir up prejudice in a desperateattempt to garner votes?
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It may well be a desperateattempt to escape from an uncongenial relationship.
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That is a desperateattempt to discredit our achievements.
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In a desperateattempt to turn back the clock, it is revealing that it is out of touch with what ordinary people want.
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The privatisation is just a cynical and desperateattempt to raise money for tax bribes before the next election.
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