So many unanswered questions, he thought, feeling suddenly desperate.
He is suddenly desperate to think of something to say that will impress her but his mind has turned to mashed potatoes.
Suddenly desperate, she drew his face back to hers.
"We're trying to get home too," she said, suddenly desperate.
Journalists, marketing executives - many over-30's everywhere - seem suddenly desperate to know.
Shannon stood up abruptly, suddenly desperate to be away from those penetrating eyes.
"Working my way through the second bottle," he muttered, suddenly desperate.
She hesitated, suddenly desperate to escape, to find somewhere quiet and dark to lie down.
But the illusion was there, and she found herself suddenly desperate to believe in it.
They could suddenly get desperate and release the virus.