desperateness

That relationship might explain why prior to the election Mr. Ritchie waved off evidence of thousands of irregularities on Minnesota voter rolls, claiming that accusations of fraud were nothing more than "desperateness" from Republicans.

Mischief in Minnesota? 2008

It was a strange feeling to have come upon her so suddenly, and there was a strange kind of desperateness in its startling strength.

Theo A Sprightly Love Story Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

The manifold torment of the psychologist who has discovered this ruination, who discovers once, and then discovers ALMOST repeatedly throughout all history, this universal inner "desperateness" of higher men, this eternal "too late!" in every sense -- may perhaps one day be the cause of his turning with bitterness against his own lot, and of his making an attempt at self-destruction -- of his

Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

The bonus material for FUNimation's release of Shigurui quotes Hagakure (The Book of the Samurai) and introduces the philosophy of shigurui or "desperateness," in which desperate action rather than common sense achieves greatness.

Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2009

"Keep away!" he warned, as he spread-eagled with acted desperateness.

THE KANAKA SURF 2010

And live to the end he did, smiling through all desperateness and extremity.

The Mexican 2010

Joan was keenly aware of the desperateness of the situation.

Chapter 22 2010

Perhaps it's the feeling of desperateness and their realisation that your time to leave is approaching - and who will help them then?

Two Sides to Every Coin KateG 2009

In the moment of that thought the desperateness of his situation dawned upon him.

Chapter 46 2010

They had been selected blindly by nature, in a cruel and ignoble environment, where the prize of living was to be gained, in the main, by the cunning of cowardice, and, on occasion, by desperateness of defence when in

CHAPTER III 2010