sense of desperation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseanddesperation
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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desperation
noun[U]
uk/ˌdes.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdes.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to take risks in order to ...
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(Definition ofsenseanddesperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The linchamientos cannot be understood without appreciating thissenseofdesperation.
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There is about them an obvioussenseofdesperation, of reaching well beyond the textual evidence in order to identify an interpretative register appropriate to the opera's effect.
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There is not the humiliatingsenseofdesperationwhich has hitherto surrounded negotiations, and perhaps we now have elbow room for discussion.
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I am aware of asenseofdesperation.
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It brings home, above all, the sheersenseofdesperationof such people that they are willing to subject themselves to such hazards.
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In the primary sector, especially, average class sizes are increasing; in the smaller high schools there is asenseofdesperation.
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There are decent, law-abiding citizens there who feel asenseofdesperationwhen this kind of thing happens in their midst.
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As the years rolled on, there was an increasingsenseofdesperation, as successive holders of that great office realised that their party had blown it.
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Direct rule has simply exacerbated the tensions and heightened thesenseofdesperationand alienation felt by the minority population and, increasingly, by members of the majority population.
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She says this in asenseofdesperation.
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