Distinctive and low-rise but in desperate need of refurbishment.
Times, Sunday Times
The verbal contrast, though slight, marks the difference between a nihilistic denial of human connection and a desperate need to start afresh.
The Times Literary Supplement
She seems to be motivated by nothing more than a desperate need to have her story told.
Times, Sunday Times
They have never had a more desperate need for it than now.
Times,Sunday Times
But the repercussions of their desperate need for business could have an adverse effect on sentiment and on property prices.
Times, Sunday Times