Desperate times call for desperate measures.
He was so desperate for attention that he screamed from the rooftops.It was a very desperate situation for everyone involved.We are desperate for financial support.There are millions of people who are desperate for food and water.
My feet are in desperate need of a pedicure.
I assume you meant "desperate". Example: I was so desperate for food that I would have been willing to eat asparagus.
No, the word 'desperate' is an adjective; a word that describes a noun.The noun forms for the adjective desperate are desperateness and desperation.Nouns (and pronouns) function as the subject of a sentence or clause or the object of a verb (direct or indirect) and the object of a preposition.
The rebels are getting desperate now.I am desperate for a jolly cup of hot Earl Grey tea.She was so desperate for the toilet that she barged through the queue.
No, the word desperate is not an adverb. This is an adjective.The adverb of the word desperate is desperately.An example sentence is: "Scott desperately needs a cup of tea".
There was a desperate and sanguinary struggle in which the Indians must have suffered heavily.
Lala Loopsy was desperate to get the money.
Given all the snow, George ran, because he was desperate to get home quickly: the school buses were not running.
The word desperate hyphenated
I anxiously awaited to the point of desperation my chance to answer a question.Bank robbers in the mid-1800s America appeared so desperate that they were often referred to as desperados.
The word "desperate" doesn't need a hyphen.