desperately
Example Sentences
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You write, at the end of your book, that desperately difficult years lie ahead.
From Barron's
The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.
From Barron's
Mr. Chase still tries to be funny here, sometimes desperately, and isn’t.
But he’s desperately needed in the red zone, and that will lift some weight off the shoulders of Puka Nacua.
From Los Angeles Times
A report by the council last year stated that north Anglesey "desperately needed investment", with people of working age leaving in droves due to a lack of work, housing and opportunities.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
