I admit it sounds desperate on our part, a - you know.

The request for return of the records had been carefully written by Smith, so as not to sound desperate.

The call sounded more desperate; the boy was really getting worried.

"He must have mistaken me for someone else," I said, trying not to sound desperate.

To American ears, this did not sound too desperate, and so he ordered them to stand fast.

He phoned three times, sounding desperate, but would not talk to anyone else.

A man sounding desperate and frightened said he needed the police.

His voice sounded concerned but not desperate as he glanced at the phone.

The last was said in a tone that sounded almost desperate.

But saying immediately sounds too desperate so tell them next Monday or something.