| desperate need | 17.58 | A desperate need for relief pitching. | ||
| desperate attempt | 10.07 | She made a desperate attempt to move. | ||
| desperate measure | 6.19 | Desperate measures ensue. | ||
| desperate people | 5.60 | Poor people, desperate people. | ||
| desperate situation | 5.00 | It is still a desperate situation. | ||
| desperate search | 4.94 | There, a desperate search for his family began. | ||
| desperate effort | 4.54 | A desperate effort. | ||
| desperate time | 4.41 | Desperate times. | ||
| desperate bid | 3.95 | He made a desperate bid to save his job. | ||
| desperate refugee | 3.55 | Thousands of refugees desperate for airlift home. | ||
| desperate man | 3.23 | Desperate men do such things. | ||
| desperate team | 2.83 | They were a desperate team. | ||
| desperate strait | 2.70 | Now she is in desperate straits. | ||
| desperate woman | 2.11 | They are desperate women. | ||
| desperate condition | 1.97 | I was inspired by her optimism in the face of such desperate conditions. | ||
| desperate act | 1.58 | Defeat has, in the past, led to desperate acts. | ||
| desperate move | 1.58 | It was a desperate move. | ||
| desperate patient | 1.58 | But desperate patients begged to try Enterra. | ||
| desperate poverty | 1.58 | Desperate poverty forces many to work as prostitutes. | ||
| desperate struggle | 1.58 | A desperate struggle begins. |