desperately

[ˈdɛspərɪtlɪ]

Definition:
1. With great urgency.
2. In intense despair.

Use 'desperately' in a sentence:

1. He was a boy who desperately needed affection.
2. I thought back to the time in 1975 when my son was desperately ill.
3. He tried desperately to wriggle out of giving a clear answer.
4. Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy.
5. The hospital is desperately short-staffed.
6. He desperately needed cash to bail out the ailing restaurant.
7. He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film.
8. He searched desperately for something to say.
9. Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
10. Pinocchio swam desperately with his arms, his body, his legs, his feet.
11. Scores of people tried desperately to gatecrash the party.
12. A birdwatcher, armed with a telescope, found the pet sitting desperately on a rock.
13. She was desperately looking for an out.
14. "Oh, there's no use in talking to him," said Alice desperately: "he's perfectly idiotic!"
15. They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
16. The towns are on the way to becoming agglomerations of desperately poor people.
17. He desperately dodged a speeding car trying to run him down.
18. I desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet.
19. I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved at the moment.
20. Desperately she fought back the tears.
21. It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now.
22. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
23. Matthew desperately hacked through the leather.
24. His gross mismanagement left the company desperately in need of restructuring.
25. I desperately squirted water on the flames.
26. The press desperately needs new information, and everything we do is grist for the mill.
27. She looked desperately around for a weapon.
28. His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy.
29. He tried desperately to convey how urgent the situation was.
30. She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.
31. I desperately needed something to occupy me during those long, lonely nights.
32. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
33. People were desperately seeking shelter from the gunfire.
34. He desperately needed money.
35. He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm.
36. They desperately wanted a child.
37. She desperately wanted to win her father's approval.
38. It is desperately sad news and I am absolutely shattered to hear it.
39. Beneath his confident exterior, he was desperately nervous.
40. I desperately fought the urge to giggle.
41. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs.
42. The world desperately needs an effective WTO.