Collocations for desperately - adv.

Desperately is used with these adjectives:
afraid, anxious, disappointed, disappointing, homesick, hungry, ill, keen, lonely, nervous, sad, shy, sick, slow, sorry, tired, unhappy, unlucky, upset, worried

Desperately is used with these verbs:
beg, cling, clutch, cry, fight, flail, hope, long, miss, need, plead, pray, scramble, search, seek, shake, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn