desperately
adverb
des·per·ate·ly
ˈde-sp(ə-)rət-lē 
-spərt-
Examples of desperately in a Sentence
all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong
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To watch Amanda Seyfried sing so devotionally for a world beyond this one is to see a portrait of someone desperately searching for a semblance of heaven on earth.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Through the decades, the Abbey’s output has regularly showed how effectively theater can process national trauma at times when the public desperately needs an outlet.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Cases are up, and so on top of last-minute shopping, gift wrapping, and cooking, families are desperately trying to proactively protect the grandparents and baby cousins over Christmas.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Then there’s Bella (Emily Fairn), who’s desperately anxious over her MIA boyfriend Clyde (Jacob Dudman).
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Through the decades, the Abbey’s output has regularly showed how effectively theater can process national trauma at times when the public desperately needs an outlet.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Cases are up, and so on top of last-minute shopping, gift wrapping, and cooking, families are desperately trying to proactively protect the grandparents and baby cousins over Christmas.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Then there’s Bella (Emily Fairn), who’s desperately anxious over her MIA boyfriend Clyde (Jacob Dudman).
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desperately
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“Desperately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desperately. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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