act of desperation

In other cases, schools simply send children as an act of desperation.

All the rest must have been designed to lead them to this act of desperation.

"At first it was an act of desperation," an American general said.

There was nothing left to say, except one thing, the forever final act of desperation.

"If he dropped him, it would look like an act of desperation."

In an act of desperation, and with no prior experience, he started writing about his war experiences.

Invading her mind tonight had been an act of desperation.

If the griffin only turned its head and looked at him, he was going to be forced into some act of desperation.

But removing art from a museum collection doesn't have to be an act of desperation.

Suicide missions can also be an act of desperation, such as a last stand.

Rather, it could have represented an act of desperation by someone who was framed.

Her suicide attempt was an act of desperation, a cry for attention.

The behaviour is an act of desperation, and may result in severe injury or death anyway.

But it doesn't seem like an act of desperation.

What she did was an act of desperation, but it did work.

Their lives had become a daily act of desperation.

It had to have been an act of desperation.

In an act of desperation one night he falls from a motorway bridge but a body is never found.

Torching our house seems like an act of desperation to me, don't you agree?

"They want the high, and in an act of desperation, they'll disregard things."

Some homeless men have had to commit acts of desperation to get drug treatment.

I like a woman who can appreciate the occasional need for acts of desperation.

This was an act of desperation from a man who can't point to results because he hasn't achieved any."

It would be an act of desperation with ship and contents hostage.

I have a grandfather who has great admiration for acts of desperation.