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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Sitting at 1-2-1 on the season, the Dallas Cowboys head into their Week 5 game against the New York Jets desperately needing a victory to keep pace in the NFC East.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
The result has been a less vibrant, less productive network of private enterprises unable to provide the economic growth that Cuba so desperately needs.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Ray is living off-the-grid in the woods when Bean’s character tracks him down, trying desperately to convince him to return to civilization.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Remy Sweeney-Garrett desperately wants to get her daughters vaccinated against COVID-19.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
The result has been a less vibrant, less productive network of private enterprises unable to provide the economic growth that Cuba so desperately needs.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Ray is living off-the-grid in the woods when Bean’s character tracks him down, trying desperately to convince him to return to civilization.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Remy Sweeney-Garrett desperately wants to get her daughters vaccinated against COVID-19.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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