When he spoke, it was with a sort of desperate effort, as if all that was left for him to tell were full of pain.
I wish my ward could have seen the old place before he went to college," observed the Judge, adroitly seizing upon a pause in this cataract of words, and making a desperate effort to change the subject.
On that day the Seventh Prussian Army Corps made a desperate effort to break through that part of the British line held by the Canadians near Festubert.
He stood close to the doctor and looked up at his tall massive figure, stretching his own diminutive form in a desperate effort to stand on a level with his enemy.
Stuart emptied his pockets of all the money he had in a desperate effortto break their disappointment.
With a desperate effort to free herself from the men's grasp, Mary Louise kicked one of her captors in the leg.
But she made a desperate effort to control herself; she realized that she needed all her powers in this terrible emergency.
Mrs. Gay went inside the cottage, into her bedroom, and sat down, making a desperate effort to control her fears.
The enemy made a desperate effort to expel them, but failed, and soon retired behind the new line.
The rebels made a desperate effort to hold the fort, and had to be driven from these traverses one by one.
On this morning of the 9th, General Ord's command and the 5th corps reached Appomattox Station just as the enemy was making a desperate effort to break through our cavalry.
Now I made up my mind that I would make a desperate effort to extricate myself from this trap, for to stay there I knew meant death and I would rather take my chances with those three than with the entire gang.
I felt sure they had a guard around me, but I made up my mind to make a desperate effort to get away.
Nothing had more charm for Gouache, as for many gifted and energetic young men, than that which it must require a desperate effort to get, if it could be got at all.
There was nothing to be done but to make a desperate effort to occupy himself and to steady his nerves.
The chief commander of that part of the country, Albert Sidney Johnston, determined to concentrate the scattered forces and to make a desperate effort to retrieve the disaster of Donelson.
McDowell made a desperate effort to check and reorganize his army at Centreville, but he was powerless.
Then, equally suddenly her strength rallied for an instant and the eyes that she lifted to Guthrie's were filled with a desperate effort at raillery.
Then with a desperate effort at perfect ease she remarked: "Well--I guess I'll ride round to your back door.
With a desperate effort, she lifted one hand from its hold on the log, and tried to adjust her skirt; but the movement only unbalanced her.
He started to lift and carry her away, but, with a desperate effort, she recovered, and stood erect, trying to thrust him from her.
She lifted her head higher, made a desperate effort to rise, sank back, and whinnied piteously.
Judith at length exclaimed, succeeding in uttering the word, as it might be by a desperate effort.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "desperate effort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
