But I confess a certain disappointment in what I got in response to a desperate request for experienced company commanders.

A 19-year-old messenger for the firm had called him at home early one morning with a desperate request for help.

It was clear that such a position was untenable in the long term, so Boabdil sent out desperate requests for external aid.

Oil company logos seem to me religious icons, trucks are elephants, advertisement boards are desperate requests.

And keep in mind that Holden doesn't seem to realize what these desperate requests signify about himself.

For two days officials said they detected increasingly faint tapping from inside the sub's hull which had been interpreted as a desperate request for fresh air.

I stand trapped between your desperate request and my panic to flee.

He would make a desperate request to his ethereal Navigator brother for assistance.

He sent a desperate request for reinforcements.

However, no one complies with his desperate request to be released.