"I think the Kerry campaign is desperate at this point," he said.

He is desperate for a story and a bad one at that.

"You know, we have a reputation for being desperate at times."

The need for money can be desperate at times.

Hum, I see that it makes you desperate at times.

Maybe we all get a little desperate at times.

Like his own father, he found find himself broke and desperate at one point, with little hope of getting a new boat on the water.

Like Ted, he was desperate for his shot at the title.

I was desperate at the time but that's no excuse.

If the situation wasn't so desperate at the moment, she might have almost allowed herself to laugh aloud.