Desperately

Examples

• My dear girl was right in saying that he only pursued his errors the more desperately for her sake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If it were not such a very wild night, he said, I would send Hannah down to keep you company: you look too desperately miserable to be left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And so I am,' said Tom, desperately. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I tried to throw her off, but she clung to me most desperately. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Remembering the death of her own little one, she clung desperately to the new babe, with one hand, whenever they were upon the march. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Tarzan took to the trees in pursuit, and in a few moments came in view of the men desperately striving to escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He would not let her sit up, and offended Dixon desperately by insisting on waiting upon her himself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He was so desperately in earnest, poor youth, and his earnestness was of so different a quality from Bertha's, though hers too was desperate enough. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I attached myself to a young creature in pink, with little eyes, and flirted with her desperately. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Both looked quite 'calm and firm', and both felt desperately uncomfortable. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He sank back in his seat with an oath, and striking out of the ring, dashed away desperately homewards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Why, otherwise, should he be so desperately anxious that she should not get so near him as to see his features? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But men will not hate so much, fear so much, nor cheat so desperately--and they will keep their minds and bodies cleaner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Upon my life Mr Clennam, one feels desperately worldly and wicked in comparison with such an innocent creature. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She sobbed on desperately; then the outpour lessened, and she became quieter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In spite of all experience they cling desperately to these superstitions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No, only indifferent, Dobbin continued desperately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Hardly knowing what I did, acting desperately on the first impulse that occurred to me, I seized the servant and pushed him against the vestry wall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He tried desperately to say something else, and he held his right hand up in the air. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We have such funny times, and now I can enjoy them, for everyone is so desperately good, it's like living in a nest of turtledoves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The people lie, and cheat the stranger, and are desperately ignorant, and have hardly any reverence for their dead. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He reached New York with only a few small coins in his pocket, and received word that his wife was lying desperately ill in Cambridge. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Desperately, but not wildly, for she knew that if she lost distinctness of intention, all was lost and gone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I cannot tell, she said desperately through her sobbing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Tomorrow I shall put away my 'fuss and feathers' and be desperately good again, she answered with an affected little laugh. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Oh, Teddy, I'm sorry, so desperately sorry, I could kill myself if it would do any good! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They were so desperately sharp, that they quite frightened him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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