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Spiro Agnew once said that marriage is like a cage, one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.

The budgets in every single ministry have been constrained in a desperate attempt to bring the deficit under control.

She hates her job, and is desperate to find something else.

The little girl had been drinking pop all afternoon and was desperate to find a bathroom.

People in the war-torn country are desperate for food and medical supplies.

Nobuko was desperate for a home-cooked Japanese meal.

After five hours on the airplane Shirley was desperate for a cigarette.

A Spanish proverb states, "Buy from desperate people, and sell to newlyweds.

" He has been unemployed for over 6 months, and is desperate to find a job.

Alice Walker once said, "The animals of the planet are in desperate peril, and without free animal life, I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.

" A Japanese proverb observes that he who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand.

The policeman heroically charged into the bank where the hostages were being held by a desperate gunman.

He was desperate to find something to soothe his toothache.

Throughout the world, urbanization has drawn people by the millions into desperate poverty.

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