Use "desperately" in a sentence

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1. Deeply, madly, desperately, all-consumingly.

2. He desperately needed money.

3. The bandit struggled desperately.

4. I was desperately unhappy, almost suicidal.

5. The crops desperately need rain.

6. The soil desperately needed potash.

7. Am I plain fickle, she thought desperately.

8. 21 Passengers clung desperately onto the lifeboats.

9. He remained desperately poor and obstinately proud.

10. The world desperately needs an effective WTO.

11. Passengers clung desperately onto the lifeboats.

12. She drew him close, clinging desperately.

13. He waved desperately to his companion.

14. She was desperately lonely at school.

15. The hospital is desperately short-staffed.

16. He was desperately eager for an Affirmative answer

17. Beneath his confident exterior, he was desperately nervous.

18. 21 She felt desperately tired but couldn't yawn.

19. She was trying desperately to regain her composure.

20. She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.

21. The doctors tried desperately to save her life.

22. He cast about desperately for something to say.

23. Spectators looked on as the animals writhed desperately.

24. He was desperately casting around for an excuse.

25. Many of the families are desperately poor.

26. She was trying desperately to stay afloat.

27. 12 Only she is feeling desperately homesick.

28. The Duchess was desperately looking for help.

29. It's winter, and food is desperately short.

30. She fought him desperately, kicking and biting.

31. I desperately squirted water on the flames.

32. She was desperately clinging on to life.

33. I felt desperately fatigued, but also exhilarated.

34. We are trying desperately to keep to our schedule.

35. For all her apparent insouciance, she was desperately unhappy.

36. 13 She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.

37. Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.

38. We desperately need a result from this match.

39. 13 The school was overcrowded and desperately understaffed.

40. She was clinging desperately to the hang-glider.

41. These people, they desperately need what we have.

42. I desperately needed Jehovah to guard my heart.”

43. He longed desperately to be back at home.

44. She desperately wanted to win her father's approval.

45. She desperately missed her home comforts while camping.

46. 10 The team desperately needs a capable quarterback.

47. I desperately tried to paddle for the shore.

48. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.

49. A prompt response from the Hero Association is desperately needed.

50. Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy.