Example sentences for: desperately

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

  • And I only praised Giuliani's press strategy for instilling the kind of staff loyalty that Al Gore so desperately needs; I duly noted that it's "overly suspicious and vituperative."

  • Gorbachev, by contrast, desperately tried to save the regime, adopted glasnost and perestroika to that end, and saw the system blow up in his face.

  • Culturebox emerged from the experience modestly enlightened, rather than desperately out of breath.

  • The Village Voice isn't buying the overuptight Affleck: "You can't have screwball comedy if only one party desperately wants to screw," writes Justine Elias.

  • A few weeks ago the Enquirer reported that the 40-year-old actress "desperately" needed a face lift.


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