desperately
Example Sentences
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With the second half lacking the fireworks of the first, the All Blacks backs – led by Roigard - desperately tried to drag New Zealand back into the match.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
That’s because as LIV scrambles for cash since losing its Saudi funding, it desperately needs its marquee players like Rahm to stick around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bree begins the film desperately wanting gender-affirming surgery, so much so that her urgency incites the film’s madcap mumblecore events.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
As rescue teams scoured for survivors in the flood-ravaged districts, families moved between hospitals and police helpdesks, desperately hoping for word on those missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
In front next to the driver slumped a desperately ill-looking man whose head lolled strangely on the seat back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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