How to Use desperately in a Sentence

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• All of it came from Roxie, who desperately wanted to be a star and make a mark.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
• Drugs that kids with cancer desperately need are often in short supply.
  — John Riley, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• These two teams are on the outside looking in at the the current playoff field and desperately need a win to stay in the race.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022
• And with a four-game losing streak sinking them further in the East, the Bulls desperately needed these wins.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Detroit desperately needed to bolster its pass rush in the offseason and two draft picks have delivered.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Jan. 2023
• Brown’s fourth-quarter response was desperately needed.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• This Christmas, her sister Keri desperately needs a new home, and Michelle hatches a creative plan to help.
  — EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• Portland had returned home from a winless three-game trip with a sub-.500 record for the first time this season and desperately needed a victory.
  — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
• The space agency desperately needs the launch capacity and an astronomical amount of money has already been sunk into the project.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
• And that doesn’t even begin to deal with updating policies for temporary visas for agricultural workers and high-tech workers, whom employers desperately want to have.
  — Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• The world desperately needs God's grace, and the church must be its voice.
  — Nick Hall, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
• These two desperately need to work it out on the remix.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 July 2024
• The bottom of the order desperately needs that at the moment.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Nir and his men desperately need equipment to keep them safe in the field.
  — Mark G. Astor, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2024
• Jacobs sings desperately to the world, in one of the final numbers of the show’s about two dozen.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• For now, the position is a strength, but the Frogs desperately need to sign more linebackers to the class of 2024.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• The fish wriggled desperately until the egret opened wide and gulped it down.
  — Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
• This month, Kim has become the top-of-the-lineup glue the Padres desperately needed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• The Nats desperately need to hit on these guys to justify the trade of prime Juan Soto.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• Both the Israelis desperately want a ceasefire in order to get the hostages home.
  — Time Staff, TIME, 4 June 2024
• Survivors of the floods desperately needed help and still need help.
  — Shane Harris, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• The young couple desperately wanted a car of their own.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• After the interview, Muñoz spent the rest of the week desperately checking her email.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Running late to class or work but desperately in need of a quick morning bite?
  — The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
• Wilson steals the show, and Hanks is in top form as a man desperately trying to stay alive against all odds.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
• With families desperately searching for loved ones, the list of the missing at one point swelled to more than 2,000.
  — Tim Arango and Lisa L. Schell, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• This was all about the Celtics once again being the royalty of their sport the way the Yankees so desperately want to be that again in baseball.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• The Detroit Free Press told the public for the first time the island had four fires related to the issue, and the fire chief was desperately concerned.
  — Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
• That was never more true than when Shelton trailed 2-4 in the third set, desperately trying to extend the match.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• Or an encounter with a person at a party who desperately wants to talk about the banjo.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024