desperately

Example Sentences

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But housing is desperately needed, she said, because people keep leaving Yountville for cheaper places.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1865, Cooke marketed a desperately needed load of U.S. debt that allowed the Union to keep fighting and claim victory in months.

From Barron's

Reality TV always courts some amount of controversy, but with Taylor Frankie Paul, ‘The Bachelorette’ was desperately playing with fire.

From Los Angeles Times

"The club desperately want to be ambitious, but there's a limit to what we can spend," Howe said.

From BBC

From that moment, he said, “I wanted desperately to do comedy.”

From Los Angeles Times