Examples of 'desperate measure' in a sentence

Meaning of "desperate measure"

Desperate measure refers to an extreme action or strategy taken when all other options have failed. It is usually used in situations of urgency or crisis, where unconventional methods are necessary to achieve a desired outcome

How to use "desperate measure" in a sentence

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I would not call it a desperate measure either.
A desperate measure and not a kind way to treat an exhausted migrant.
It is also desperate people resorting to a desperate measure.
It really is the most desperate measure for any vampire.
An agreement between the two companies is very much a desperate measure.
Now this may look like a desperate measure because it is.
It 's a desperate measure because there is no sign of any interest at all.
An unforgivable sin even if it was a desperate measure.
Many perceived this as a desperate measure to get the campaign going.
Triumph and agony changing hands in a desperate measure.
This was seen to many as a desperate measure to get the campaign going.
If methods one and two have failed, there is one last desperate measure.
That was a desperate measure.
It 's a desperate measure to be considered only when all other options have failed.
There is one last desperate measure.

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This desperate measure releases a sticky toxic substance that can kill an opponent in hand-to-hand combat.
What you did was not a desperate measure.
The gold standard, a desperate measure not used since the Great Depression.
Now it would only look like a desperate measure.
This is yet another desperate measure of a regime that knows it has lost.
So he takes really almost a desperate measure.
How could he know the desperate measure Nan Chi and her love intended?
It 's the very definition of a desperate measure.
However, even this desperate measure has become worthless!
Desperate times … What you did was not a desperate measure.
It was a desperate measure.
Before agreeing to the procedure, Gwen tries one last desperate measure.
This was likely dropped as a desperate measure to save weight and remain aloft.
So, in these desperate times, I came up with a desperate measure.
Diseases desperate grown by desperate measure are relieved, or not at all.
This desperate measure came too late to save the club, which closed down in September 1889.
It took the most desperate measure.
It 's a desperate measure.
Your daughter is sick . Now, this may look like a desperate measure because it is.
Diseases desperate grown by desperate measure are relieved, or not at all . How now!
In any case, I believe it works, and I am not above a desperate measure or two.
I think it 's a desperate measure.
You must understand, Mr. Friedman, it was a desperate measure.
Fadil resorted to a desperate measure.
So he takes a somewhat desperate measure.
The OLP 's creation was a desperate measure.
Kidnapped? It was a desperate measure.

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