Example sentences for: desperately

How can you use “desperately” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Coming from a staunchly conservative, two-syllable past, I longed desperately for such melody in my life.

  • The popular kids, for example, mock the Wannabes, the mobs of freshmen and sophomores who aspire desperately to become Jocks.

  • Second, the mechanism--piggybacking on a racially skewed arrangement (high schools)--would never pass muster with liberals or conservatives not desperately eager to look the other way.

  • He coveted cash as his God-given right; felt sinful about wanting it so badly; and was desperately compelled to give it to charity, which he did with anguish.

  • To have Brock agonize, to have him spend the bulk of the book desperately weighing the pros and cons of his decision, would be to have him act as people normally act in novels.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast