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How to use desperately in a sentence

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All this over some bastardized rock-electronica, the sound of someone trying desperately to be contemporary.
She tried desperately to run an efficient operation, but ultimately her self-consciousness and constant bad luck conspired against her.
With their boat desperately in need of repair, the crew had beached the vessel, awaiting the return of assistance from Spain.
When he cupped her cheek with his other hand in a tender concerned way, she tried desperately not to melt.
Cuddly bears, toy cars, and children's books are all desperately needed for a special NSPCC Christmas party.
It seems an age ago that Rangers opened their tilt for the title with what was seen as a desperately damaging 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock.
The crowd was somewhat unfriendly and desperately trying to capture style, but they sensationally failed.
In Strangers on a Train, Farley Granger is holding desperately onto the pole of one of the horses of an out-of-control merry-go-round.
And how do you sap the energy of the insurgency when the parlous state of the economy keeps everyone desperately poor?
Another population of Asiatic lions is desperately needed in order to safeguard the survival of this subspecies.
Although she followed this with hit after hit, she was desperately insecure and hid herself under thick make-up and a beehive hairdo.
Each attack requires a costly clean-up, using money which is desperately needed for other purposes.
I try desperately not to cringe when offered tongue, frog's legs and pig's trotters, and I eat them, every time.
Foundation hospitals offering bonuses and higher pay could drain the NHS of desperately needed workers, making dire staffing shortages worse.
And because our treasury is being drained of hundreds of billions of dollars desperately needed at home.
I desperately wanted to go to St Francois Girls' College because I lived near to it and my big sister went to that school.
McElroy, who desperately wants to throw off the shackles of the drug world, has other plans.
But this weekend, while visiting New York, I had one touristy thing I desperately wanted to do.
Our province desperately needs a party to once again position themselves in the middle where most of the voting block is.
The fact that practically all dinosaur trackways are straight strongly favours animals desperately trying to escape some catastrophe.
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