11.  Their misadventures are ironically underscored by the very music that has driven them to this desperate state.

12.  With school districts around the state desperate for teachers, San Mateo County is poised to invite county workers into the classroom.

13.  The suspect said he was in a desperate mental state and decided to kill someone, so he bought a knife and stabbed the woman, he told police.

14.  Then, he told his enthusiastic audience, the nation was in a desperate state.

15.  Vernet said many governments failed to realize that the desperate state of Argentina had forced the default.