| 单词 | desperate straits |
| 例句 | In desperate straits she can make us laugh, with her main talent being radio commercials oozed out in a fabulous fashion-model voice: “Medically tested Odo-ro-no, stops underarm odor and moisture at the source!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said the Wart, “I suppose it is some sort of war memorial, but it wifi have to do. I am sure nobody would grudge Kay a war memorial, if they knew his desperate straits.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The rural economy of the United States had already been in desperate straits for some time by that fall. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Radio calls my teammate Stuart Hutchison had been monitoring from Rob Hall on the South Summit made clear that our leader was in desperate straits and that Doug Hansen was dead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But by the end of the picture, what hits hardest is the credible depiction of the desperate straits the refugee characters find themselves in despite their best efforts. Review: In ‘The Citizen,’ an Immigrant Picks a Bad Time to Fall in Love 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Crystal’s desperate straits are not far-fetched, and they are etched in some telling detail here. ‘Bethany’ at ACT: A mom whose life has crashed — hard 2014-04-19T03:40:16Z As a view of the perilous free fall from moderate stability to desperate straits, “Culture Crash” is alarming and infuriating. The Creative Class and the Movies 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z As much as he sweats, screams and curses, you never feel that he has grasped the core of a man in such desperate straits. | 'Buried': Captive in Iraq, Stymied by Voice Mail 2010-09-23T23:03:00Z When next you gasp at Mr. Bale, it will likely be because of his performance’s outrageous comedy, no small thing given Dicky’s desperate straits. The Oscars: Christian Bale Summons a Fallen Man?s Delusions 2010-12-31T18:45:24Z At the same time, stories leaked about garment workers in faraway countries in desperate straits as the losses were passed down the supply chain. The Life and Death of Your Jeans 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z In their everyday New Orleans lives, Blink and his crew are hopeful strivers; after Hurricane Katrina hits, they’re in desperate straits. ‘Cut Throat City’ Review: Desperate Straits in Post-Katrina New Orleans 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Those in anything less than desperate straits who nonetheless seek to terminate a pregnancy are generally not deemed worthy of empathetic concern. Motherlode Blog: Is 'Choice' Less Accepted for Mothers? 2011-10-18T21:32:08Z “Las Polacas” arguably has a streak of timeliness, debuting at a time of frequent news of émigrés and refugees in desperate straits. Music and poetry leaven a heavy subject 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z For starters, the police and all they survey in their bleak precinct are in desperate straits, even down to the paint flecking off the station house’s walls. AMC’s ‘Low Winter Sun’ is a dark portrait in a dark city 2013-08-07T21:59:48Z "They're usually in desperate straits - poverty, joblessness, high crime, violence, lack of civil institutions in their countries of origin." Biden cannot escape Trump's shadow in border crisis 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z More needs to be done to fashion a secure safety net, especially in providing child care, psychological and medical support, as well as jobs for refugees in desperate straits. Opinion | Ukrainians suffered at home. They are preyed on as refugees, too. 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z White is already in desperate straits after 24. Great ride: Kavalek’s chess memoir ‘Life at Play’ tracks a rich, varied career 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The final element of Roosevelt’s efforts to provide relief to those in desperate straits was the Home Owners’ Refinancing Act. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The current desperate straits in which employers now find themselves could help spur a change. Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Welsh said he hopes the settlement will become a model for the type of domestic, governmental, international and brand involvement to resolve future cases where garment workers are left in similarly desperate straits. Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z When investigators with the newly formed U.N. visited Haiti after the U.S. gave up financial control in 1947, they found a country in the same desperate straits as always. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z When investigators with the newly formed United Nations visited Haiti after the Americans gave up financial control in 1947, they found a country in the same desperate straits as always. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Surrogacy was considered a step down for someone like her, and a shameful choice among many Ukrainians, even for women in more desperate straits. ‘It’s a Terrible Thing When a Grown Person Does Not Belong to Herself’ 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z And the country overall remained in desperate straits, as the newly installed Taliban government worked to tighten its grip, cracking down on all signs of public protest. First flight from Kabul hailed as positive step amid troubling signs 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z It is up to the Taliban to govern now, and the country they have claimed is in desperate straits. The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z But it also leaves thousands of displaced people in desperate straits as their situation grows increasingly dire. Canada risks missing annual refugee resettlement target after slow start 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The economy is in desperate straits, triggering renewed unrest in several regions. Syria to hold election in May after years of war 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Who cares if tens of millions of Americans are in increasingly desperate straits? Opinion | McConnell helps ‘working families’ by killing coronavirus relief. That’s rich, Mitch. 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Still, with millions of Americans out of work and in increasingly desperate straits, some lawmakers are growing more vocal with their fears about the risks of not reaching an agreement quickly. Pelosi walks tightrope in stimulus talks amid pressures of election, economy 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z If lawmakers really want to help those North Carolinians who are in desperate straits, they would do what’s necessary to increase the state’s inadequate jobless benefits for the long haul. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The pandemic put refugees and asylum seekers in even more desperate straits, as the United States paused refugee resettlement. Perspective | The U.S. hired me to protect refugees. Now it tells me to abandon them. 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Senate Democrats, for their part, said the criteria threatened to deny “the vast majority of our country’s local governments direct access to funding, leaving them in desperate straits.” Baltimore, Boston and hundreds of other cities could struggle to tap $500 billion federal emergency program as local finances stretch thin 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Both are intricately plotted stories about Jewish Manhattanites in desperate straits, trying to hold onto their families and outrun romantic and financial disasters of their own making. From 'Ten Commandments' to 'Uncut Gems,' here are 12 great movies for Passover and Easter 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z "We want to make it very simple, very quick. I'm hopeful. That needs to move very fast ... because these people are making decisions every day and they are in desperate straits." Rubio explains why 'drafting error' in coronavirus response bill 'won't be a problem' for many states 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “Biden could do the same thing now with the country in even more desperate straits.” Joe Biden Weighing Unique Steps to Reassure Voters Concerned About His Age 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z That signals the desperate straits from which they are fleeing. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The European Union enforced its will on tiny Greece, which was in desperate straits, Ms. Demertzis said. Behind the Clash Over Italy’s Budget, a Fear of Populism 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The story many Americans believe in and propagate about their country is one molded in the Cold War ethos of spreading liberalism and freedom, a story that people in desperate straits sometimes clung to. Opinion | 3 Million People With Nowhere to Go 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Those who have associated with Trump are in desperate straits, they have no political futures or professional careers once Trump is run out of office. Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z That they even discussed such a radical maneuver spoke to the desperate straits that Republicans find themselves in. Roy Moore Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct by a Fifth Woman 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z I couldn’t make the novel work, and we were living in desperate straits. The corrosion of truth in these strange times is terrifying | Richard Flanagan 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Others who don’t plan, can’t plan or are in too desperate straits to put anything aside may end up working for the rest of their lives. Clear sailing in retirement unlikely for many Americans 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Thornton testified in his own defense that he was in “desperate straits” because the girl kept running away. 'Desperate' dad who dragged teen through school faces prison 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z It is, however, a sign of just what desperate straits they are both in. Yearning for Playing Time, Alex Rodriguez Practices at First Base 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z It means that one of their own is in desperate straits. The Dallas police chief is right: ‘This must stop’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Irish immigrants fled from famine to the US en masse in the 1840s and 50s, and their desperate straits and unwelcome religion made them the enemy of many in the north-east states. Honoring the ancestors comes 200 years later as slaves are buried 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z She said: "They were people driven to desperate straits and it's good to bring this story into the public eye at this time, when there are so many food banks." Littleport's hunger riots: Descendants mark 200th anniversary - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Venezuela is in desperate straits, because of the fall in the oil price and years of mismanagement. Chávez’s little blue book 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “I think these are some of the most vulnerable people and we keep seeing people over and over who are in desperate straits who do desperate things to the public and to themselves,” she said. More people accessing mental health services in New Mexico 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z She’s clearly in desperate straits when she’s forced to go knocking on the door of the man she left without explanation decades earlier. These 14 characters stole the show in 2015 movies 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Technically adventurous and visually impressive, this early proto-noir tells the story of a pardoned convict who returns to Paris only to find his beloved daughter in desperate straits. UCLA series offers a rare chance to see Jean Grémillon's films 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z They claim that Truman elected to use the bomb despite his awareness that Japan was in desperate straits and wanted to end the war. Harry Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: After 70 Years We Need to Get Beyond the Myths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The first group of reporters to gain access to Haditha in more than a year found the besieged city in desperate straits. This town has resisted Islamic State for 18 months. But food is running low. 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z China’s leaders “must be in desperate straits to engage in this extraordinary, coordinated attack on human-rights lawyers,” he said. China Targets Human-Rights Lawyers in Crackdown 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Photograph: Sima Diab for the Guardian Twenty miles to the west, another group of refugees are arguably in even more desperate straits. Migrants on Hungary's border fence: 'This wall, we will not accept it' 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z But signing a mean-spirited welfare "reform" bill that cuts people off from meager federal benefits when they are in economically desperate straits? Nikki Haley's Response to Charleston Shooting Was Emotional, but So What? 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Any company that is in desperate straits can expect that it will have to face off against an opponent ready to play hardball. Will A.I.G. Decision Affect the Next Bailout? Don’t Bet on It 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z “These are people in desperate straits,” said Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch in Bangkok, calling on governments to band together to help those still stranded at sea, some for two months or longer. Up to 6,000 Rohingya, Bangladeshi Migrants Stranded At Sea 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The Son of Sam killings, which occurred at a time of fiscal crisis and high crime in New York City, became an emblem of a city in desperate straits. Timothy Dowd, Detective Who Led Son of Sam Manhunt, Dies at 99 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z But this foray into the value of local education expenditures for businesses is an eye-opener especially considering the desperate straits so many U.S. manufacturers are in. Congratulations Businesses! Your Taxes Are Rising 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z But Greening said many people left on the mountain were in "desperate straits". Iraq crisis: UK and US will maintain military presence, says Cameron 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But Greening said that many people left on the mountain were in "desperate straits". Iraq crisis: US and Britain call off rescue of Yazidis on Mount Sinjar 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z He bought from whoever wanted to sell, but acquired only fundamentally sound assets, and he paid less than the full price, so only parties in desperate straits would resort to raising money that way. Alexander Hamilton Was Even More Amazing Than You Thought 2014-05-09T15:43:58Z All parties agree that Alstom – while not in desperate straits – needs a substantial makeover if it is to survive as a profitable concern. DealBook: France Warns Alstom on Possible G.E. Alliance 2014-04-27T21:49:32Z Some in the party took note when Mrs. Clinton used her first major speech since departing as secretary of state to point to the desperate straits of many people and localities in the Obama era. News Analysis: Some Democrats Look to Push Party Away From Center 2013-07-25T01:28:16Z But Philadelphia is in more desperate straits than most. Hunger strikers protest deep cuts to Philadelphia schools 2013-06-26T22:45:39Z But by 1609, when relations with the Indians deteriorated and a supply ship failed to arrive, the colony was in desperate straits. Evidence of Cannibalism Found at Jamestown Site 2013-05-01T18:30:57Z Other times, these individuals are innocent victims in desperate straits who fall prey to unscrupulous promoters. IRS watchdog thwarts tax evasion schemes 2012-11-14T05:01:00Z It focuses on the young French who arrive in London on a one-way ticket and sometimes find themselves in desperate straits. London, France's sixth biggest city 2012-05-30T00:41:23Z The boat's crew were indeed in desperate straits. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Actually they were in desperate straits of hunger, for Tyson relates that in his igloo they ate greedily the refuse of the cooking-lamp oil. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z They had still influence, their desperate straits were not yet known; if he obliged them they would do this and that and the other--nebulous things--for him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It appeared that Linda, unknown to them, had written to tell her into what desperate straits they had fallen; and her severe sense of duty had brought her to their help. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Let the teacher adduce some of the many striking instances in which men in apparently desperate straits have been saved by presence of mind. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Into such desperate straits did I fall that I was seized with a wild foreboding that this period of torture was destined to return upon me again and again in some inevitable cycle of fate. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He was always, after his marriage, quite unnecessarily, in desperate straits for money. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z It was one that, if desperate straits should come, would resort to desperate means, and he knew that with Stanley at its head this would be done. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z "Perhaps he was right, after all, in advising you not to flee, as much for your sake as his own, for you are not in such very desperate straits, after all, it seems to me." The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z The murmur increased to an even groan of terror, and here and there, as some more acutely realized the desperate straits, frantic screams would rive through the drone of misery. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z But the good jobs are gone, and the city is unlikely to escape its desperate straits anytime soon. Harrisburg, Paris of my Youth, Hits the Skids: Margaret Carlson 2011-10-19T00:22:05Z In that Territory the Free-State settlers had rapidly been gaining in strength, and the Slave Power, in desperate straits, resorted to trickery. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z Of what happened then I know nothing; but when I had again possession of my senses, I found myself struggling in the sea, in desperate straits for breath. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z Just now the rabbits were in desperate straits. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z It seemed to the boy as though they were in desperate straits, indeed. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z In our desperate straits we even planned to attack bears, should we find any, without a gun. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z “People see desperate straits and define themselves by doing something.” Gotham: In a Crisis, Chasing Cash Instead of Change 2011-08-02T02:38:46Z The latter had again rushed to close quarters, and the Sioux were in desperate straits. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z I expect these people are in desperate straits, and I’ve known that enviable condition myself.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z He is blunt when describing the rebels’ desperate straits, using expletives to talk about donors lagging in their payments. Saturday Profile: Rebel Libya Finance Chief Hunts for Funds and Hope 2011-06-03T23:56:05Z Some of my best clients, now reopening their houses for the winter, were in desperate straits. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z But every day saw the breaking of one of the golden threads in our web of illusion, and when Betty was born we were in desperate straits. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Memory, memory inspired by thoughts of the desperate straits of the woman he loved, had left the millionaire's every nerve straining. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z When Howe arrived at the city he found out that it was too late to send aid to Burgoyne, who was now in desperate straits. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z To a poor person in desperate straits—A stranded American. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z The man was unable to give an account of himself, but he was evidently in desperate straits, with several sword cuts on his body and one or two ugly spear gashes. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z When Japan was in equally desperate straits in 1944, using the word kamikaze for the suicide pilots was not for nothing. Japan's Shattered Mirror 2011-03-19T00:17:29Z And to think that I had failed her, that she was in those desperate straits and I never knew! The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The third company reached the back end of a German communication trench; but being without bombs, and having almost wholly used up its cartridges, was soon in desperate straits. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Mrs. Lawrence would naturally be interested in a family whom she had known so well, and who had suddenly been reduced to such desperate straits. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z I will, because I'm sure you mean what you say, and I'm in desperate straits. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Thus the attacking party being themselves attacked, might get into desperate straits. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Anyway, it’s strange to see Florida and Georgia in these desperate straits. Saturday storylines: Mich. St., Mizzou real Cinderellas 2010-10-27T21:33:00Z The Chinese end up in the most desperate straits here partly because they are recruited through a murky network of manpower companies that rights groups say operate like human trafficking rings. Israel Grows Uneasy Over Reliance on Migrant Labor 2010-07-05T02:24:00Z The coalition of interests that has come together under the "Tea Party" banner was made possible largely because of the desperate straits millions of unemployed, and underemployed, Americans find themselves in. Where the Tea Party runs out of juice 2010-06-12T15:00:00Z He invented a lie to clear the situation—a friend who was in desperate straits—with whom Fred was watching out the night. Making Money Avowedly it is a doctrine of desperation, and as such it is cited here to show the desperate straits to which ignoring empirical facts has reduced a doctrine of experience. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Realizing the desperate straits, the Confederate authorities early in 1865 placed the entire military operations of the Confederacy in the hands of Lee. The Greater Republic A History of the United States But though the three put the best face on the matter, there was no doubt that they were in desperate straits. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War We were in desperate straits, but we swore we would never fire a shot against the English. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War But he remembered that men in desperate straits had many a time been known to save the situation by consummate bluff. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion But man could not be in more desperate straits. The Woodlands Orchids The English army by the time it reached Edinburgh had got into the most desperate straits owing to the scarcity of provisions. Border Raids and Reivers The stranger might have been in desperate straits. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club But, even in these desperate straits, there was a buoyancy in his spirits that he had seldom enjoyed. The Wilderness Trail By morning the remnants of the British force were in desperate straits. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Truth to tell, both he and Carlier were in desperate straits. The White Lie They would call themselves the Vigilantes, as many another organization had called itself in the desperate straits that made its existence imperative. Tharon of Lost Valley It is said that at the siege of Leyden they were reduced to such desperate straits that all they had to eat was dogs and cats. Birdseye Views of Far Lands She was sorry for him and was blaming herself bitterly; she had laid a snare for her own feet and now she was in desperate straits to get out of it. In Orchard Glen It was in these desperate straits that poor Michael consulted Paul--and misunderstood him. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds How much better off I am in every respect than thousands of others, who, finding themselves in desperate straits, have yet had the strength and courage to work out their own salvation! The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines And their mother was in such desperate straits about meat! Two Little Confederates There had been disappointments and humiliations, and although she hated to admit it even to herself, she was in desperate straits. Anna the Adventuress He did not like to think of his riding mate in such desperate straits with no hope of escape. The Fighting Edge It is in these desperate straits that religion presents itself to her view in an entirely fresh guise. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Unfortunately, it would not do for the occasion, as Gordon was on the verge of starvation and in desperate straits when the rescuing force reached Dongola. The Life of Gordon, Volume II At the intervention of their monarch the attack was turned to a blockade and Cortes arrived from his victory over Narvaez to find his companions in desperate straits. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It makes a long story, and I shall only touch on the leading facts concerning it by way of showing the desperate straits my enemies are put to in their efforts to discredit my career. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated George was driven to desperate straits when he accosted the wealthy planter and asked for food. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad He interpreted it instantly as the wilderness voice that, calling to him more than once in his most desperate straits, had told him to have faith and hope. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" He expressed sympathy, too, for the desperate straits in which Great Britain found herself. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 I warrant we shall smile some day at our present desperate straits, and meanwhile "to wait" is the verb we must conjugate.' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg It was to be victory or death; no hope of escape by flight was left; but well he knew that the men would fight with double valor under such desperate straits. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But Olaf came of a branch of the royal house that civil war had reduced to desperate straits. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Faith is the soul's free assent to the living Word of God as, through amazing grace, it offers itself to man in the desperate straits of his life. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries By honest ways I knew it would take a long time to pay my debts, and as I was in desperate straits I determined to steal. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. They were in the most desperate straits because the Paris populace now held them directly responsible for the existing scarcity of food, a scarcity amounting to famine. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) He knew and suspected nothing of the desperate straits in which his friends were placed at that very hour. The Phantom of the River The man blanched, for he knew that he was in desperate straits and that his chances of escape were slight. The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York Reduced to desperate straits by famine, he sighted Fonua Lei, the northernmost of the Tonga Group, which he called Margoura, believing it to be one of the Solomon Islands. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 On the third night after leaving lea we had ample proof of their desperate straits. At the Point of the Sword He recognized Bonaparte, and, glancing at the terms, found them so generous that he at once admitted the desperate straits of the garrison. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) "A" Company Yorks was in desperate straits and by verbal order of Col. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 If he is in such desperate straits it is inevitable that his name will be linked with this crime. The Paternoster Ruby These futile projects for the release of prisoners, serve to show the desperate straits to which the Confederacy was reduced, for want of soldiers. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Indian remedies did not stand as high in popular esteem as they do now; but they were in desperate straits and jumped at the chance. Preventable Diseases She felt that the man had been in desperate straits, and while recoiling before the evil sullenness of his look, she felt a deep pity for the pain in it. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Prices fell; many communes were bankrupt; kings, in desperate straits, debased the coinage and despoiled the Church. Beginnings of the American People As for the civilian refugees, a hundred thousand of them are in desperate straits. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Confronting these facts, and realizing the difficulty they presented, Mr. Benjamin was reduced to desperate straits for argument. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Methought, however, the fellow could not yet be in desperate straits to talk thus. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The little band, by this time reduced to less than one hundred people, was in desperate straits. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Mrs. Arnold was in even more desperate straits. For the Sake of the School The murderer was in desperate straits, and for that reason we must not rule out the possibility that he did so. The Hand in the Dark Benson was in desperate straits for money, and he knew that Mr. Glenthorpe had drawn £300 from the bank that morning, all in small notes, which could not be traced. The Shrieking Pit His commonplace of courtesy indicated, not recovered self-control, but the cunning of his rampant instinct of self-preservation—that cunning which men349 so often exhibit in desperate straits, thereby winning credit for cool courage. The Plum Tree You see, when the old devil is made to believe that I'm down on you and determined to have a settlement, he'll think you are in more desperate straits than ever. Dixie Hart Later on, when Meares's men were in desperate straits in this same port, they wondered that the Americans stood apart from the quarrel, if not actually siding with Spain. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The impulse which drives men in desperate straits to seek shelter in the streets of a city was as strong in Cardan's time as it is to-day. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study A considerable sum of money has been stolen from the deceased, and we have ascertained that Ronald was in desperate straits for money. The Shrieking Pit Russia, in her desperate straits, rises like a starving fish to a fat fly. A Maker of History Besides, with five thousand fresh troops close to the city, the English could hardly be in such desperate straits. The Red Book of Heroes I suppose he wants to keep them for more urgent work, and thinks that the Church should only fight when in desperate straits. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower When the word came that Hull was in desperate straits, Harrison hastened to organize a relief expedition. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Devine found all respectable employments closed to him, and he was often in desperate straits; but he would always contrive to send something, if it were only a half-crown, toward the support of his children. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Again and again we were here also forced to beg for help from Germany, because the complete disorganisation of our own administration had brought us to the most desperate straits. In the World War Germany was believed to be in such desperate straits that it was thought she would venture to send her fleet to sea after three and a half years of hiding in the Kiel Canal. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats Even when the tide of battle had definitely turned against the Spaniards, their desperate straits induced them to desperate measures, and the fortitude of the patriots continued to be put severely to the test. South America Because of the failure of Elliott to bring the Niagara into action at once, as had been laid down in the plan of battle, Perry found himself in desperate straits aboard the beaten Lawrence. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Meanwhile the Canadian people were in a state of the greatest excitement, and the Government at Ottawa, well-knowing its mismanagement of the whole affair, was in desperate straits. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba Of course, if he's ill or in desperate straits— Well, here is another hundred which you may offer or not, as you find best. Wilt Thou Torchy The revolver gone, false testimony against him, proof that he had threatened Collins available, Clay knew that he was in desperate straits. The Big-Town Round-Up Fate seems to delight to place them in the most desperate straits, on purpose to make their deliverance appear the more miraculous. "Old Put" The Patriot Placed in these desperate straits, and without hope of succour, Diwan Mulraj and the whole of his force surrendered unconditionally on the 22nd of January, 1849, after a siege which had lasted nearly seven months. The Story of the Guides The shock incident to the discovery of the desperate straits to which he had been reduced had, seemingly, deprived him of the power to think coherently. The Pride of Palomar In the last, desperate straits of an emergency, many a woman's wits ring truer than a man's. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Once the fort was finished, Captain Newport sailed back to England for supplies, and the little settlement was soon in desperate straits for food. American Men of Action The country is in desperate straits, and must use a desperate remedy. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History But not quite, for in desperate straits one clings to the proverbial straw, and now Dorothy was clutching frantically at—anything—at hope. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days But Vergennes has made it clear to us that the government of France is itself in rather desperate straits. In the Days of Poor Richard He was in too desperate straits to rebel at that time. The Ramrodders A Novel In very desperate straits many new inventions were sought after by deep-thinking and resolute slaves, determined to be free at any cost. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. The English now instituted a blockade of the Dutch coast, which had the effect of reducing to desperate straits a land whose welfare and prosperity depended wholly on commerce. History of Holland I feel like a person in such desperate straits for ready money that he's reckless of the rate of interest. The Street Called Straight In these desperate straits his glance happened to fall on his brave falcon on his perch in his little parlour. The Decameron, Volume II Stock-gambler as I am, and in almost desperate straits, I require nothing of the kind. A Young Girl's Wooing The next few years therefore found the colony again in desperate straits. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 By it, in desperate straits demanding stout hearts, one may know the Dane after his own heart, the real Dane, the world over. Hero Tales of the Far North It is indeed true that in their desperate straits the tribes sold flax, timber, potatoes, mats, tattooed heads, pigs—even their precious land—for firearms. The Long White Cloud I certainly was not in desperate straits, and I could not conscientiously say that I no longer harbored any resentment toward^the father of whom I had no recollection. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Being driven to desperate straits, the priest tried a rather doubtful shift. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 I have discussed this case "in detail" in order to show to what desperate straits a hopeless theory may reduce a great thinker. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The besieged emigrants were in desperate straits; their dead were unburied in the narrow enclosure, and they were suffering greatly for want of water. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Your hot bath and hot breakfast, dear, were just camouflage to keep from you, the centre of gravity, our desperate straits. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 The woman who had held him so long knew how to tempt him, sacrificing everything in the desperate straits to which she was reduced. Taquisara All public utterances were cheery and optimistic, but privately many of the utters were in desperate straits. Burning Daylight When Frederick the Great was fighting all Europe he fell into such desperate straits that he carried a bottle of poison about with him as the last way of escape from his enemies. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers Finishing my man with almost no effort, as had now from much practice become habitual with me, I hastened to return to my new acquaintance whom I found indeed in desperate straits. A Princess of Mars The country was of course in desperate straits and could ill afford to lose, for three years, for a mere sentiment, the services of one of her greatest and most powerful statesmen. Court Life in China He had got into the habit of seeing himself always in desperate straits. O Pioneers! There is a family here who are in awfully desperate straits. Daddy-Long-Legs Is it not written there: 'Plunge your army into desperate straits and it will come off in safety; place it in deadly peril and it will survive'? The Art of War From this he imagined the other must have guessed the true state of affairs, and that poor Toby could not be in such desperate straits as they believed. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods But he was now in desperate straits for money. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller This association with him, though it has saved me from desperate straits, is loathsome to me, of course. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day I was not the first of my countrymen, however, to find himself in desperate straits, and I resolved to behave as England expects us to. Ruggles of Red Gap In the most desperate straits of life, love is still the fountain of all endurance, and if ever a man loved it was Robert Elsmere. Robert Elsmere I will cite a single example of the desperate straits to which Mr. Masson is reduced in order to hitch Milton on to his own biography. Among My Books Second Series Patty saw a brilliantly lighted mansion, and as they drew near it, she heard the most piercing shrieks and yells, as of a human being in desperate straits of some kind. Patty Fairfield During his youth he had been in the service of a wealthy daimyo, but subsequently, like thousands of other samurai, found himself reduced to desperate straits by the social and political changes of Meiji. In Ghostly Japan In desperate straits for want of money, how would the audacious bankrupt next attempt to fill his empty purse? Blind Love The slightest forgetfulness was certain to prove fatal, for the Mexicans, knowing the desperate straits of the Americans, must have been expecting some such attempt and were therefore more than usually watchful. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. He did not complain, however, or in any manner indicate the desperate straits to which he had come. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee With all the money he received from Walpole or Pitt he was reduced to the most desperate straits. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Three months passed away, and the crusaders found themselves not conquerors, but in desperate straits from famine. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) This was shown in his furlough of a regiment whilst en route to reinforce Lightburn, who was supposed to be in desperate straits. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 It was too apparent to him that his empire was in desperate straits; that as St. Romain underwent its daily reduction so his remnant of State and power declined. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Reduced to such desperate straits for food, what wonder that cannibalism should be common! The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Mrs. Page would doubtless have fallen a prey to its savage rage, but for a happy thought which flashed across her mind in her desperate straits. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" The family was now in desperate straits, and already a sough of treason to the cause was abroad. Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles The party that stood by their native prince, afterwards crowned as Charles VII., were at last reduced to most desperate straits. General History for Colleges and High Schools A large representation of 'Xenophon and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand' was now begun, but before it was finished the painter was once more in desperate straits. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century She saw how utterly incapable her aunt was to render any assistance in their desperate straits. The Earth Trembled She determined that it should not until it was in far more desperate straits than now. Senator North She had learned the wisdom which the passage through desperate straits can bring. Clara Hopgood Already in an agony of embarrassment, this speech reduced Phil to still more desperate straits. Janice Meredith In such desperate straits that you are doing the worst possible thing— denying all that is proved true. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery You have always been my ideal, mamma, and I was thinking of nothing worse than how to rescue you and the others from your desperate straits. Without a Home "I'm in desperate straits, and I don't know what to do." Miss Lou That he was a desperate character, without doubt in desperate straits over something, required no great acumen to deduce. Guy Garrick He was in desperate straits, though to the world's eye he was a man of wealth. At the Villa Rose Waymark, in his desperate straits, all but persuaded himself that he told the truth. The Unclassed Perhaps no one but Lee fully realized to what desperate straits his army had been reduced. On the Trail of Grant and Lee In desperate straits, which would have tried the oldest soldiers, the brave miners did well. The Great Boer War The landless soldier, with a family at home in desperate straits, is too often overlooked when unimaginative people heap up the statistics of "desertion" in the latter half of the war. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South Congress had done nothing towards the grant which Morse had requested, notwithstanding the favorable report of its committee, and Morse was in desperate straits for money even to live on. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Frankly, I confess that I am in desperate straits—in such straits as I have never yet known. Poor Folk There is in wild animals a curious impulse to trust any stranger when in desperate straits. Animal Heroes It spoke volumes for his courage that, knowing their characters and believing them to be in desperate straits, he came unarmed. Peter Ruff and the Double Four They find themselves, by tens of thousands, in desperate straits in the army of the unemployed. The People of the Abyss Broken at the gaming-tables, hounded out of town by creditors, he was in desperate straits to repair his fortunes and, as we have seen, he was not nice in his endeavours to achieve that end. Mistress Wilding At first they thought the stories about a new law were inventions or exaggerations, but their own desperate straits and the prevailing native dislocation soon taught them otherwise. Native Life in South Africa That is why I pity and compassionate you, fearing lest some irremediable mischief overtake you, and you find yourself in desperate straits. The Economist |
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