noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ pure , sheer
▪ quiet
▪ growing , increasing
▪
We realized with a sense of growing ~ that nobody knew we were in there.
… OF DESPERATION
▪ hint , note
▪
There was a note of ~ in her voice.
VERB + DESPERATION
▪ feel
▪ drive sb to
▪
Driven to ~ by the noise, we called the police.
PREPOSITION
▪ in (your) ~
▪
In ~, I decided to try acupuncture.
▪
In his ~ to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.
▪ out of ~
▪
She became a thief out of sheer ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ at
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Many of us feel a quiet ~ at the future.
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪
The robbery was an act of ~.
▪ courage, strength, etc. born of ~
▪
With strength born of ~, she managed to break down the door.