1. To distract our minds from the desperate situation, we chatted - and everyone promised not to cry.
2. Two tepid performances in their first finals have them in a desperate situation.
3. Chen Hongwu depends on the kindness of strangers when he finds himself in a desperate situation.
4. She admitted not having thought it through, but selected her course of action from a desperate need to escape an awkward situation.
5. Prices for staple cereals in Somalia are at record levels, making any already desperate situation even worse.