desperately
Example Sentences
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The oil market desperately wants to move on from the Iran war.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
“I bought the Selena Gomez Oreos. I’m desperately trying to find the Madison Beer Cheetos,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
A new strategy was "desperately needed", Emma Cox, chief executive of Endometriosis UK, said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
After last June’s 12-day war, the regime desperately needed some narrative of success.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
He reached forward desperately but found only empty air.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing desperately
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