desperately

Example Sentences

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People who desperately want to find their way back to those they love.

From Literature

Only some very young ones, four or five years old, cry desperately and keep repeating, “Mami, where are you? Mami, where are you?”

From Literature

He desperately didn’t want to seem like exactly what he appeared to be just then: a stereotype.

From Literature

“I just feel like, more than ever, it feels important to do that and to counter what’s happening around the world and create empathy, which we really desperately need.”

From Los Angeles Times

The rub is they ended up grasping desperately for the point Romero's thumping header gave them.

From BBC