| 单词 | desperately |
| 例句 | With mounting terror, Taran cast desperately about in his mind for some means of saving his companions. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted her to convince me that everything really would be okay. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Emily desperately hoped the bell would ring or someone would pull the fire alarm as she watched Mr. Quisling transcribe the note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Frank desperately wanted to run away and hide, but he couldn’t. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Tomorrow I shall put away my ‘fuss and feathers’ and be desperately good again,” she answered with an affected little laugh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked different from the other students with my buzz-cut hair and used clothes, and I wanted desperately to blend in. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She remembered the dragon twisting beneath her, shuddering at the impacts, as she tried desperately to cling to his scaled back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I repeated the word, desperately groping to find just the right response. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Delia chimed in, louder and more desperately than her twin sister. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was nice to be able to relieve the pain of one you loved, and Charles and Emma wanted desperately to help Annie feel better. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I want desperately to sound coolly detached but not like I’m trying too hard to sound coolly detached—basically Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not but less insolent and more Indian. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Juniper desperately tried to beat out the flames with her green shawl, but it was only making things worse. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This was what his family desperately wanted for him, and he supposed he wanted it, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z White suddenly had to deploy agents to protect Hale, this man whom he so desperately wanted to bring to justice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We began to kiss one another, feverishly, desperately, like guilty lovers who have not kissed before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She tried to continue, searching desperately for the right chords, but the notes were discordant. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When I noticed two children desperately fighting in the water, one trying to strangle the other, I implored the lady: “Please, don’t throw' any more coins!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With small bundles on their heads or draped on their shoulders and small children hanging on their backs, the villagers wade across the chest-deep stream, desperately reaching for safety. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of downtown that becomes absolutely deserted at night and on the weekends, except for a few nightclubs half-filled with the desperate and the desperately lame. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The man was turning and twisting in the white men’s hands, trying desperately to free himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I try to suck in as much air as I possibly can, coughing desperately as I flip open a keypad, my hands shaking too much to type in the numbers. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes opened—glowing green—and she clutched desperately at Hermes’s shoulders. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Tell them I’m dying and we desperately need milk and corned beef to keep me alive,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The German army was now closing in on Moscow, and hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers were desperately trying to hold back the invaders. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Jonathan closed his eyes and tried desperately to make some sense of the words. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s like they’re desperately waiting for me to like someone too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The hand waved in the air, as if conducting the music, and then, sensibly, resignedly, desperately, it slammed the window shut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I guess they knew that six boys would jump on their son for two ears of corn only if they were desperately hungry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Scabbers emerged, thrashing desperately; Ron had to seize his long bald tail to stop him escaping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I had expected someone flamboyant, someone older trying desperately to look young, someone who viewed me as a piece of meat to be prepared for a platter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Oh n — Professor, can’t I go and do the trophy room, too?” said Harry desperately. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They both, in their own ways, so desperately want to see the good in people and the world. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Both William and Jeanne were desperately hungry and very angry and they could barely make eye contact without shouting at each other. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I could tell the girl was desperately trying not to look at my nonexistent arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There as Cassius Clay’s guest in Miami, I tried desperately to push my mind off my troubles and onto the Nation’s troubles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth noticed a figure clinging desperately to the rope ladder, trying to climb down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to ask Miles about his mom, but I knew this wasn’t the time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She desperately needed something to lift her spirits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I desperately wished I could reboot and start over. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It’ll be my new beginning away from Mom and away from the memories and guilt I desperately want to escape. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He felt as though he was falling, and clutched desperately at Dancer's reins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If he himself survived such an attempt, he would be desperately weakened, he knew, and would have to recover. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z At times, Mama would yell, trying desperately to bring my sibling into the world. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sam was right, the books desperately needed to be sorted, listed, and put in order, but that was no task for stewards who could neither read nor write. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We ask you to do nothing to endanger yourself. I would not tell you the circumstances that brought us here, but without knowing them you cannot realize how desperately we need your help.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As I flesh out the day’s register, as I am tonight, I feel as if I am desperately prospecting for an alibi, one mine more than Kwang’s. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled her hand back from the table, trying desperately not to make a face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted mercy for Jimmy Dill and would have done anything to create justice for him, but I couldn't pretend that his struggle was disconnected from my own. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Doha was breathing hard, trying desperately to reach the group that was now stopped in front of Sunjin’s house. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She had tears in her eyes and looked at me desperately. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His heart is pounding against my wrist; his heart, like mine, desperately doesn’t want to stop beating, especially not in chaos like this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Thomas missed her desperately three seconds after she was gone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was true that climbers were desperately vulnerable whilst on the ascent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As Joe raised a hand to acknowledge the wave of applause rising to greet him, he found himself struggling desperately to keep back tears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I felt claustrophobic, choked, desperately thinking bright thoughts so Edmond couldn’t get inside my head and know how terrified and furious and guilty I felt. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted to be consulted, but he was too proud to push himself forward. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But until that happens, it is desperately urgent that we try to give those animals being used today much better places to live, much better care, much more respect, and much more love. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But mostly it’s because the Getty desperately wanted the statue to be real. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I lay in bed in the dark and felt desperately sorry for myself. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He found that his lips were still too numb for speech, and he wanted desperately to be beyond earshot of the old man’s plaintive questioning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew that in Warsaw the Jews had already been forcibly relocated into a small area of the city, where they now lived in desperately overcrowded conditions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Nathan desperately wanted his head to be massaged but couldn’t muster up enough energy to ask. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But we also have many millions of desperately poor people here. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought of their husbands, desperately seeking day labor in the city, trying to find any work that they could. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I told Morrie I was already feeling over the hill, much as I tried desperately to stay on top of it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Charlie Bucket never got what he wanted because the family couldn’t afford it, and as the cold weather went on and on, he became ravenously and desperately hungry. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can mend bones in a second — but growing them back —” “You will be able to, won’t you?” said Harry desperately. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if one of us is desperately, desperately in love. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Birkway was desperately trying to explain what he had enjoyed about that passage. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It looked so pretty that it made my heart feel funny, all swollen and full, and I wished desperately that I knew where my mama was so she could come to the party, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Bod looked at the face of the fallen body—then he began to bang on the window, frantically, desperately. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Scipio looked at Prosper so desperately that he didn't know where to look. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Stroking Amah’s bracelet desperately, Pinmei glanced from one to the other. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Ellidyr rolled on his side and strained desperately against the tight cords. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z We see her desperately clasping her hands before her, her face distorted with the tension of the moment, then suddenly, dramatically, she lifts her hands high and closes her eyes. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hi. Uh, I’m trying to help a friend, who is a water monster,” Nathan said, doing his best to not squash the spider even though he desperately wanted to. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity—and never give up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Still dazed, with her head ringing, she hauled herself up to find Pantalaimon desperately fighting the monkey still, with wolverine jaws fastened tight on a golden arm, changing no more but grimly hanging on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was still a mile and a half from doing what he desperately wanted to do, and he knew it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I walk beside him, desperately working out a plan to save her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The treatment is bed rest, which he desperately needs anyway, injections of zinc sulfate, and quinine tablets. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She looked desperately around and saw, crouched in the reeds almost beside her, the angry Jello. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam thought about Malachite, Beloved, and Whisper, then hoped desperately that this fear hadn’t occurred to Redemption, not yet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I wiped my face, sniffled, then added desperately, "But please don't tell my mom." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Grover was sitting at his loom, desperately unraveling his wedding train, when the boulder door rolled aside and the Cyclops bellowed, “Aha!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Many students near me ran away, while others tried desperately to hold on to walls, other people, a ledge—anything. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I said it because I’m still trying, so desperately, to understand how it happened. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He summoned his energies and lifted his head and struck out desperately, determined to rise from the grave, resolved to force upon Max the reality of his living. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Frank,” I said desperately, “what did he say last night when everyone had gone? What did you all do?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Alex can see on his face an expression he recognizes: Henry wondering if it’s safe to accept the love offered to him, and wanting desperately to take it regardless. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s more of a hill—a mighty hill that desperately wants to be a mountain, but a hill nonetheless. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to pretend I’m fishing,” cried Stuart, desperately. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He clung desperately, but she hammered him off with the hilt of her machete. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I am desperately bored and will devise creative punishments if you do not comply. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I desperately search for Mr. Griffiths, with the hope that he’ll jump in and say what I’m unable to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I was so desperately wondering how to end the nightmare that I felt quite dizzy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Sir, I’m trying, I’m trying!” said Harry desperately, but he did not think that Dumbledore could hear him; he had rolled onto his side and was drawing great, rattling breaths that sounded agonizing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She dung tightly with both hands, desperately fighting being thrown into the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Milo tried desperately to say who he was and where he was going, but to no avail. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The camaraderie, intensity, and passion for the job, and the sense of duty to something larger than myself, was something I had missed desperately. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I spun around like a victim of amnesia, desperately searching the parking lot for a glimpse of something—anything—that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I slurred back, while desperately trying to avoid having my teeth touch the gaping hole in my cheek. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to step back into that role, the role of a stranger. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted to explore the wider world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She would always remember Miss Susan and the whip that she kept on the little shelf behind her bed, always remember how desperately tired she got because she never had enough sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like any other father who was desperately worried about his children. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes darted from the key to the wrapper and back to the key again as I tried desperately to make the connection between them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I appreciated the media interest in my story, because our nation desperately needed to see that Muslims were just as American as anyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Five times, Brown had to climb out on the wing to chip away the ice before the engines stalled while Alcock fought desperately to keep the plane on an even keel. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She studied the other kids at school like an anthropologist, trying desperately to fit in. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Matt wished desperately that he could get over things that fast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm on my knees, desperately plastering the bandage back onto his wound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He looked around desperately, but El Patron had already gone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dill was still laboring to get his words out, desperately trying to thank me for trying to save his life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He then went on about something else, something that only makes sense when you are afraid of death or desperately in love and will say anything to alleviate the terror. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I desperately need to believe that somewhere else these other, foreign people exist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he dove suddenly and the old man saw flying fish spurt out of the water and sail desperately over the surface. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers scraped desperately on the warm lead, and for a horrible second he thought he would slide off the roof to the ground. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What is it that everyone needs to see so desperately that they need so much light? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He hoped desperately that the right person would find his book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I thought how desperately I would love to be able to run home and for Tom to be waiting for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He paddled desperately with the oar for the shore. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Grace tried desperately not to think of the hospital, of that drive home that felt like it was tearing something out of her body, the farther away she got from Peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As the “hunters,” totally unnerved and terrified, tried to flee, he sprang after them and soon two more were dragged down, though they still tried desperately to crawl away. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I follow the dress with my eyes, focusing all my energy on it, wanting desperately to rescue it from the pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted something more filling and satisfying than cabbage and cabbage soup. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The men worked desperately to keep her far enough into the wind to clear Naugus Head. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in race-tom America, I am convinced that the Islam religion is desperately needed, particularly by the American black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked desperately around the room—the cracked ceiling, the floor mosaic, the wall paintings, and the carved altar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’ve been here since five in the morning. All I need are papers for my son. Please tell him I desperately need the papers for my son. Please, murena, please.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We were one thing, like the wall and the rock growing out from it.—Or so I ardently, desperately affirmed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The man took one look at the motley crew and frantically paddled his canoe toward the shore, desperately trying to get away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He was trying desperately to keep himself under control. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to tell somebody about the pain in my heels, but what could I say so soon after lying about the first incident? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In an instant I am desperately afraid because I have crossed a boundary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And clinging desperately to the end of the string, shouting and cursing with fury, was the huge hairy Cloud-Man. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Who do you speak to when you go to report someone?” said Malcolm, desperately trying to keep his focus. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And suddenly I realize that until just a short time ago, I was on the other end of one of those lines, calling nonstop, desperately hoping that someone would answer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Luke and the doctor strained against the door, as though desperately holding it shut, and the floor moved under their feet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They see her as a thing, a bridge to their lost loved ones that they so desperately cling to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It is to be done,” he said to himself desperately, and slowly he turned his way to the great gates. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to text him back, to tell him that I loved him, too, but I worried that if I reached out to him, I wouldn’t be strong enough to walk away again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they alighted on unattended boats and scavenged desperately for deck scraps. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ophie couldn’t help feeling, however, that it was desperately unfair, someone so kind and lovely being killed and everyone refusing to talk about her, forgetting her, even. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Help me stop shivering! he thought desperately, and Asta instantly became a ferret and lay close around his neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Your arms pump desperately, but they’re stiff and feel like lead. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z For on that Saturday a young French sailor rooming at Richard Denny’s boarding house, over on North Water Street, was desperately ill with a fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted the cushions to absorb me and swallow me whole. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Round and round and upside down went the peach as it plummeted toward the earth, and they were all clinging desperately to the stem to save themselves from being flung into space. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It's hot and dry, and I'm not sweating but desperately thirsty. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Well, I thought that by—” he tried again desperately. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted to pull out his collar, or to run, or just to holler. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He is limping on his broken leg, staring desperately at me, openmouthed, like he needs to tell me something. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once I had the car, I desperately needed something to wear. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally, there was the issue of people desperately needing care. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We needed desperately to change—the extra underwear and dresses were dragging us down—but there was no chance whatsoever for that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried desperately to move it, but it would’ve taken several Cyclopes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But they both knew why she wanted him to read that chapter: She desperately wanted Charles to believe in Jesus so he would go to heaven with her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I backed toward the balcony’s brink, reaching behind me to grope desperately for a weapon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to, but all my questions stuck in my throat. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he may have bought the gifts long ago but wanted desperately for us still to like them, still to like him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not decide whether to let them crumble or to try desperately to save them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Ophie realized that she desperately wanted to help the boy in that moment, to offer him something to remove the sorrow from his eyes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Her face kept swinging to one side, her right eye desperately closed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had practiced desperately until he got so that he could play all the instruments at once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted to go home and get his father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was desperately thirsty, his bowels on fire. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z But I desperately want things back to the way they were with Brandy. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She looked around desperately and then began to yell, “Help! Somebody help!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It was, he thought, like trying to stay away from the girl you desperately loved but who you knew was bad for you. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He took small breaths through his nose; his pumping heart needed oxygen desperately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He wanted, desperately, to go out and investigate. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She could see her—even now—desperately looking for the tiniest bit of sorrow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But we did, even though the educational system desperately tried to hold us down. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to sacrifice myself and use the last pearl on her, but I knew what she would say. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wanted so desperately to say something, but I didn’t know what to say, how to say it, or whether I should even bother. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z As I try to keep balance, the Doorman sways, and I ask him desperately for help. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I combed my hair and, optimistically, desperately, smiled at myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, holding desperately to my lapel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She was desperately trying to tell me something. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The three of them squatted outside the bird’s reach as it looked sharply and desperately from one to the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried desperately to keep his hands up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Adina surveyed the scene desperately, looking for a possible exit strategy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “No,” I gasped down to Beau’s eyes, looking desperately up at me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was on my cellphone the whole time, desperately calling people, trying to figure out where I was, trying to get directions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He went back to his room and desperately tried to devise a plan. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Sucking in deep breaths, Mark turned back to face Alec, wishing desperately for a little light. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Can you not bring her back?” she asked desperately. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have only one chance to drive the cattle through the hole in the fence, and while he searched desperately for the opening, they could scatter in every direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And I realised then how desperately he didn’t want reminding. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, during a novena at the Maryknoll chapel, I had asked for something I desperately longed for and had never seen inside the camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer thought desperately, even while his feet took him hurrying homeward again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "The king knighted him before he rode north, in Jon's memory. The lad wanted it desperately, yet I fear he was not ready." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They both fidgeted nervously during the course of their deceitful narrative, trying desperately not to contradict one another, while at the same time avoiding the cold impassive eye of the Warlord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But Icarus flapped his arms, desperately trying to reassert control. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “The spell! It’s wearing off,” Thorn whispered desperately. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And then she sat there, never having felt this brittle before, waiting to calm down, waiting for the nightmare to end, slowly and desperately and like a little child shaking her head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What if Zero was still alive, desperately crawling across the dirt searching for water? Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Partly because I was young, and male, and desperately wanted to impress her, but I also wanted to make it clear that I had missed our lunch due to circumstances completely outside my control. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Stdnes and spears and pots of burning pitch could be rained down on them from above, and all they could do was cling desperately to the ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I know it’s not their fault, but I’m tired, and nothing makes sense, and I desperately want an explanation for something, for anything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson and George Pocock scrambled down from their balcony and began to shove their way through the crowds on the lawn in front of Haus West, desperately trying to get to their boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He went after it on his hands and knees, desperately trying to recover it and redeem himself, but he couldn’t get to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo was lashed to the control console, desperately trying to right the ship as they spiralled downward in free fall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sansa wanted Joffrey desperately, but she did not think she had the courage to do as the queen was asking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked desperately at the stairwell, hoping to see her friends charging to the rescue, but a block of ice had sealed the hatch. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The township was desperately overcrowded; every square foot was occupied either by a ramshackle house or a tin-roofed shack. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His foot scrabbled desperately but couldn’t find anything to kick. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I desperately search the branches but see nothing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She desperately wanted to believe she wasn’t scythe material. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I tried desperately, diving below the blackness until I was limp with fatigue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced around the fields, desperately trying to formulate a plan. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They reached out desperately, trying to wrench themselves away from him, but it was no use. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Trying to stop an execution would mean nonstop work eighteen hours a day for a month, desperately trying to get a stay order from a court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What she wanted, what she desperately needed, was touch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cong was desperately trying to push his way out of the hole. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Professor — Professor, don’t you want to taste my po —?” called Harry desperately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z How desperately I want to be free of it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted and needed to work it through. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had once come into his barn and discovered jockey Farrell Jones lying on a cot in the cold, drafty tack room, desperately ill with an infection. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They could do anything; there was something desperately lawless about them and their noise-deadened brains. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The path wavered under Taran’s feet, and he felt desperately cold. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Spectators tried to stamp out the fires that ignited, but it was clear that a drenching with water was needed desperately. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I desperately hoped Ohio wasn’t out, or couldn’t hear or smell us in this rain. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Prosper desperately searched for words while Scipio just stared at him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z January began my last term at Stuyvesant, and I wanted desperately to make it important even as the other students were just as eager to say that the senior year was not at all significant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The team was also weak at goalie—desperately so—but that was something Luma had chosen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Omakayas liked him less with every day that passed, and wished desperately that someone, Old Tallow or her Auntie Muskrat, perhaps, would ask Mama if they could keep him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then Papa said a little desperately, “Make me smile more, Aki, make me.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In truth, he desperately wants to hear her protest such talk, to know if she is interested in anyone else. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I desperately tried to understand how such an intelligent woman could be reasonable and understanding one moment, then seem so cold, distant, and dispassionate the next. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarlett pulled at them desperately, but the gates were padlocked for the night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Seven desperately wanted to listen to what was going on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I ran up desperately, lugging foe box of thirty erasers, twenty-three of which had sent their chalk dust toward Mrs. Baker’s windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Magdalys had no idea what they were up to, but even through her exhaustion, she desperately wanted to know. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes slowly, then opened them; she was trying desperately to take hold of herself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nurse Cramer was there in the middle suddenly like a spinning policeman, trying desperately to restore order, dissolving helplessly into tears when she failed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z McCarthy was an egotistical man who regarded the fear of Communism that arose in the late 1940s and 1950s as the opportunity to gain what he most desperately wanted: power and publicity. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He just seemed excited, as if he had identified the lost gravestone of someone famous and desperately wanted to tell the world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But even more important than picking an area of study, I desperately needed a way to continue my education. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But then she must be — “Ginny, please wake up,” Harry muttered desperately, shaking her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I woke with a start, scrabbling around desperately for my handbag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up, desperately trying to think of a way to stop them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel squirmed, trying desperately to wrench herself free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, intending to pray again for the help I so desperately needed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We were still desperately short of bodies to fill roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A hand reaches out to me, my fingertips wrapping desperately around it as I’m heaved effortlessly out of the water. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t anything serious,” I said, wishing desperately I could believe my own words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry threw himself behind it, peering desperately through the leaves. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m going to go find her,” said Louisiana, “because I desperately need to win the contest and earn the money and stay out of the county home.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Me and Peewee were desperately trying to hold him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, I wanted desperately to ask her what to do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Tony, by contrast, was desperately trying to give his little brother information he thought he needed, the kind of information that Tony never got. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z What he desperately needed was a method of notation that you could read and turn into singing at sight, and he set about developing this miraculous time-saving device. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I stumbled backward, switched my sword to my left hand, and lunged desperately. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But he thought it was “far better to have had you marry me on faith and hope—then to have you fall desperately in love with me, than the other way around.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I hope desperately that this wasn’t arranged to humiliate me further, to give Cardan another excuse—or worse, opportunity—to punish me more. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But...How? Why?” says Camel, his eyes desperately seeking the doctor’s face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I moved slowly, as if a wild bird had landed there and I was desperately trying to avoid startling it into flight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The truth of the matter was that he needed office help desperately. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha raced back to the clinic, shouting desperately for his father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to see, to see more desperately than ever before. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that they were in a desperately cramped position inside the shell and were most anxious to break through and get out. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Hermione sat down on an upturned bucket, looking desperately anxious, but Harry wanted a few questions answered. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He remained almost desperately reluctant now to tear the fabric of what held them together then, but the boys seemed to be leaving him no choice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It is my present, and I’m trying desperately to make sure it isn’t my future. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They still don’t know about Sien, but it gives him reassurance, which he also desperately needs. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I had a dream,” she said, and she felt confused, lightheaded; the glamour of the circle still clung to her and she looked around desperately, trying to find any trace of it in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When scientists calculate the amount of matter needed to hold things together, they always come up desperately short. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He manages to stand, and he runs along the top of the fuel car, desperately trying to balance on the smooth, curved surface. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to find some way—some kind of a bridge—over which I was certain the Nation of Islam could be saved from self-destruction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was desperately tired, and thirsty and hungry besides. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hugo’s hand was in terrible pain, and Isabelle’s foot felt like it was broken, but they tried desperately to keep the old man from destroying his drawings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to get out of there, but I knew I couldn’t move or the group would start a fight and set me up for expulsion, for sure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo shielded his eyes with one hand and waved the other desperately, but the colors continued to grow brighter and brighter and brighter, until an even more curious thing began to happen. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Molly’s dream of a quiet summer evaporated, for the house was desperately in need of rehabilitation—“an old wreck, one of the oldest around, and built without benefit of architect” she recollected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was desperately, hopelessly—and had been ever since he could remember—in love with Guenever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My subconscious had dredged up exactly the images I’d been trying so desperately to avoid. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Here, drink this, drink this, you’ll be all right,” said Harry desperately, and once again Dumbledore obeyed him, opening his mouth even as he kept his eyes tight shut and shook from head to foot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When he arrived at the city jail badly bruised and bleeding, Mr. Ruffin told the other inmates that he had been beaten terribly and was desperately in need of his inhaler and asthma medication. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The man pulled himself desperately up on one elbow, looked round in fear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later Andy desperately pawed the zippered door open and barely managed to thrust his head and torso outside before vomiting. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He desperately wished Lindsey were there; she could deal with this. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He was trying desperately to cultivate a mustache on his upper lip and had filled in the empty areas with what looked like brown shoe polish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He screamed, and began to beat them desperately against his trousers, terrified of what it might be. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Percy sat in back, hanging on tight, desperately trying not to slip off the horse’s rear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was an ace student, and I wanted desperately to put on my school uniform—navy-blue knee-length skirt, white button-down polo shirt, white socks—and get back to class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The pile of laundry already in the basket is pretty big, but I dig around in the leftover clothes until I find Aurora’s pink sparkly leggings that desperately need to be washed. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Lockhart gazed desperately around him, but nobody came to the rescue. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps most heroic are those who, upon release, launch social justice organizations that challenge the discrimination formerly incarcerated people face and provide desperately needed support for those newly released from prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Percy and Frank both cussed like horses and held on desperately while Hazel wrapped her arms around Arion’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Back home in Amsterdam, she desperately needed a change of scene. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hazel looked into the light, searching desperately for magic, because she needed it now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They launched spell after spell, trying desperately to push the monstruo back, but it did not so much as flinch. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Jamie presses his lips against mine so desperately that I don't have time to take a breath, and I end up exhaling into his mouth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Coughing and trying to wipe away the water that streamed from his hair, he looked about desperately, not knowing now which way to look. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z In the months to come, because one did have to keep on walking, one desperately wanted to believe nothing had changed during those years of suspended animation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished desperately for him to be alive, to see how things were playing out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She winked at me, and I tried desperately to smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If I actually allow myself to think about—to feel—how desperately I miss him, I won’t be able to get out of bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I tugged at the fake Hulk muscles squeezing my real chest, and desperately hoped the costume would break and we would have to go back so I could change into regular clothes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And though I wished desperately to speak to him, I kept away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I tried to keep a stone face, which is hard to do when you're desperately trying to explain yourself. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Rishi made a sound deep in his throat, and she pushed herself closer to him, feeling the way he definitely, desperately wanted her... When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I never admitted it to my friends, but I desperately wanted to participate in all of the above. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Nhamo desperately opened the bag with one hand as she clung to the boat with the other. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl clung to her desperately, but she stopped flailing while Stella made sure the girl’s head stayed above water. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He had one of my arms trapped beneath his knee, but with the other, I reached out, desperately searching for the dropped revolver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Joseph Stalin, the Soviet premier, called desperately for the Americans and British to launch an invasion of German-held Western Europe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of them carried a notebook, in which, whenever the great man spoke, he desperately scribbled. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With my left I claw the floorboards so desperately the wood peels off, under my nails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her tiny hands were splayed against the wall of the jar, and she looked up at him desperately. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Doha grabbed hold of his friend, desperately trying to calm him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Officials began to suspect that Myers was the sole killer and was desperately trying to implicate others to minimize his culpability. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He tried desperately to think of a way of escape, he would have done anything at all not to have to go inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She pulled off her clothes and danced desperately, her thin limbs pale and shaking, her movements pathetic and jerky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I'd forget it and hold on desperately to Brotherhood with all my strength. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And in both situations, you desperately hope that some miracle will occur to bring you glory, but you’re too scared to attempt to do anything that might actually achieve any recognition. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, Root would have blown his top at this point, but he knew that Cudgeon was grasping at straws, desperately trying to save his career. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was briefly tempted—he wanted desperately to learn about those special opportunities. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Anya’s breath hitched as she gasped, desperately trying to keep her panic at bay. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Because I’m different, Matt thought desperately, staring up at the ceiling of his bedroom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya kicked at the sack, trying desperately to find the opening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The two ran in tandem, trying desperately to weave their way through the chaos. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He hoped desperately that the right person would find his book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I try desperately to make sense of an elusive fragment of memory. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The mind begins to turn in on itself, and one desperately wants something outside of oneself on which to fix one’s attention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A pair of wood ducks noticed us and took off, their wings flapping desperately. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Funny how our minds cling to normalcy—desperately searching for the familiar in an environment that’s totally foreign. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He seemed to desperately need to hear Vera say that she had never loved her husband. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then he pushed himself away from the frame and began to run up the hill, his bare legs beneath his tunic pumping desperately. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Often you see a beginner either leaving his pole behind, or clinging on so desperately that he is pulled from the punt and splashes into the water. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But she was desperately sad to realize that her time was short now. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Angela had an unrelenting thirst to absorb the beauty around her and desperately tried to make it her own. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was trying desperately to maneuver out of the jam, but I didn’t let go. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Wanting to look away and desperately needing to read on, needing to see him again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I smiled each day, fighting desperately to maintain my old behavior, to keep my disposition seemingly sunny. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Beastkeepers were also desperately carrying buckets of water and haphazardly throwing the water onto the fire, but it was no use. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The mouse ran to a corner, its claws scratching desperately on the floorboards. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His head moved back and forth as if he were watching an invisible game, and desperately trying to understand its rules. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the shah and his family, now in exile, were desperately looking for a country to take them in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He had been trying desperately for four months to get a rescue ship to Elephant Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I would try desperately to think about my childhood, but I couldn’t. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z What we never discussed was how desperately I wanted to hide my feelings from him, or how ashamed I was of my predicament. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I wonder if the thing someone needs desperately is a good blanket. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I have lost you, Gat, because of how desperately, desperately I fell in love. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I go for the panda, reaching desperately for him, my fingertips grazing his fur. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z And I find the arrow tip sinking to the ground as I lean in to watch, desperately, for some sign of success. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Tally’s eye searched desperately for any sign of iron in the cliff. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But it will be desperately hard for them. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I clutch desperately, my sweaty fingers sliding on the cross-hatched metal. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Annabeth was on the ground, desperately struggling to free her hands. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Moss had desperately wanted a dog, but they’d resigned themselves to the neighborhood cat instead, since they didn’t have time for a pet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I fell asleep, desperately missing my mama and papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s desperately complicated. But at the end there’s light.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tinker Bell braced her arms against his fingers and tried desperately to free her second wing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She could feel Dill shaking next to her, trying desperately not to laugh. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They stood among rumpled leather sacks, and they clung desperately to rope handrails on the sides of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Sure, the blue sign was still clinging desperately to the side of the building, but that was about the only recognizable thing about the Supercenter. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It would be hard to heal a girl as desperately wounded as this one. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The wireless operator could see, through the shattered Plexiglas of the cockpit, the young pilot desperately trying to free his dead navigator from a torn and bloody helmet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the catalog didn’t sell the one thing I desperately needed: a fire alarm key. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The robot could only stand in the shallows and watch as her son left the other geese behind and desperately swam toward his mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mackenzie made up his mind quickly: no matter whose, this dog was desperately in need of urgent treatment; the quills must be extracted at once before the infection spread further. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I groped my head with both hands, looking for a head wound I desperately hoped would not be there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That he had to pretend to be desperately in love? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She had desperately wanted to jump off the high dive. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The smile hangs on desperately “Sometimes we’d push our luck and stay till the sun came up. .. .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Shin spent long hours by himself, feeling desperately lonely, in his one- room apartment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tyrion had wanted desperately to go with them, but his lord father had dubbed the voyage a “fool’s quest,” and forbidden him to take part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The taller one, the one who was trying desperately to not look like she was crying, had his tight jaw. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He stood, desperately straining his eyes and ears for information. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He bolts upright, desperately thirsty and wanting to go to Dad, but smacks his head on the low ceiling of his bunk. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The students followed him, desperately scribbling as they walked and all the way up in the lift. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Like “K” of Kafka’s novel, The Castle, he tried desperately to persuade the authorities of his true identity right up to the day of his death, and failed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a time, not very long ago, in the desperately poor New York City neighborhoods of Brownsville and East New York, when the streets would turn into ghost towns at dusk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many comely black housewives who, trying desperately to keep up their insurance payments, were willing to make bargains to escape paying a ten-cent premium. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching him made tears surge to my eyes, but I fought desperately to keep them from flowing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At all events, it was desperately hard going. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Do not leave until you have prayed long and hard. Pray to curb your temper. Pray for humility—you will need that desperately if you become the servant of one of the gentlemen.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He wished he had told Matty about how desperately he yearned to know about his mother. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I wanted desperately to play football in high school and I never got the opportunity,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She wished she could bring all of them the good news they so desperately wanted to hear. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the city, Germans are loading weapons or drinking brandy and history has become some nightmare from which Marie-Laure desperately wishes she could wake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Still, he was having a hard time just sitting there; he desperately wanted to speak on his own behalf. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was always like that, like he was desperately tiptoeing through a field of buried explosives. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Bert Lewyn and his father stood in line at the Bolivian and then at the Chilean embassies, trying desperately to apply for a visa to South America. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Shin was desperately cold as he left the yard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I'm forced to stop as my body convulses, trying desperately to rid itself of the poisons I've been sucking in during the attack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was desperately hoping Florida had made it to shore, and he was regretting that neither he nor Florida had been wearing their life jackets. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “How much I love you, Lenina,” he brought out almost desperately. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z For hours, his father desperately worked to save the farm, chopping away brush and digging ditches. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I nodded slowly, trying desperately to get a grip on the situation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His consciousness grasped at a wisp of another warm memory, and tried desperately to hold it there, to enlarge it and pass it into Gabriel. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s no trace of the boy who kissed me so desperately a few minutes ago. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When Frodo came to himself he was still clutching the Ring desperately. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I tried desperately to ignore Olive’s order, but all my complaints started: churning stomach, pounding temples, shortness of breath. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Milo asked desperately, on the assumption that the giant had been brought up well enough not to talk with a mouthful. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She rolled through the rapids, crashed into one rock and then desperately clambered onto another. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to risk waking the old woman fully and inciting her anger, but Ophie desperately needed to know more about Clara, and this might be her only opportunity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She was desperately wishing she could go out to the marketplace and look for her friends when there was a knocking on her front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He desperately tried not to look up at Hornet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There was the constant background noise of motorbikes roaring in the near distance and the sound of voices communicating in a language I was desperately trying to learn but had yet to master. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She tried desperately to think of a plan to save them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Haiti would always be a desperately poor, corrupt, broken society. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And then I desperately blurted out, “Do you want to see the igloo I made out of books?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Singer watched him from the window and his hands began desperately to talk for the last time with his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Somehow I make it to the podium and glance across a blurry sea of faces, trying desperately to find Sahara's familiar one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He clubbed desperately at what he could only feel and hear and he felt something seize the club and it was gone. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Afraid he was going to drown, he searched desperately for something to grab on to and spotted a bed floating nearby. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But here the river was pulling her downstream, and she was trying desperately to elude its powerful grip. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I stood precariously in the middle of the room, trying to find somewhere to look and something to say, wanting desperately to leave and powerless to do so. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha choked a little on his words as he could feel the frightened tears he was so desperately suppressing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I stared at him desperately, and he saw the naked panic in my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Jonathan stood before the fence, desperately wanting not to go. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this was the panacea we had been desperately searching for all these years. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not know him,” Gold said, desperately trying to sound calm. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time, I was a boy named Hugo Cabret, and I desperately believed that a broken automaton would save my life. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her family desperately needed that seventy-five cents that she earned each day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was desperately afraid for him, and for Winterfell, yet she could not deny feeling a certain pride as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I desperately needed to share this information with my friend. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He wanted desperately to thank Tam Lin, but now was obviously a bad time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the spell from Michah's kisses lifting away, and my skin tries desperately to cling to it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I went on desperately, trying to turn his mind from dire thoughts to loving ones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jemmy felt desperately for the mouth of a side tunnel. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z But the king of Salem hoped desperately that the boy would be successful. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His two comrades grappled each other, striving desperately to flee the ground that fell away under their feet. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The woman desperately grabs the fence so tightly her fingertips turn white. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Blinking into the sunlight, 1 try desperately to piece together what I saw, but nothing comes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted desperately to work—to make a little money that he could use to buy extra food. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted her to stay, and at the same time I would have given anything to go with her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was searching desperately for another creature that behaved as badly as the human. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “RUN! RUN!” it urged once more, and now the Humbug, not caring who said it, ran desperately after his two friends, with the Terrible Trivium close behind. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I will burn you!” a telkhine squeaked, desperately waving a vial of Greek fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I have to get back to Otavalo for the lunch shift,” I say, and find that instead of desperately wanting to leave, I’m actually enjoying myself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early days, he had had to fight desperately against a pack of them, but nowadays only a few dogs were set on him, and care was taken that he not be outmatched. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He looked desperately sad and broken; even his stalwart manhood seemed to have shrunk somewhat under the strain of his much-tried emotions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Thought and feeling were balked in him; there was something he was trying to tell himself, desperately, but could not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now that the old dyer’s threads were almost gone — and the woman herself was gone too — Kira found herself desperately hoping that she would be able to remember and to create the dyes alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Baba jan,” I said, desperately wishing I did. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With every shell that exploded he would think of his family, hoping they were safe, wondering desperately when he would be with them again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z During that long, terrible trek, finding a safe place to stop and stay for a while had been desperately important. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Meme realized that he was burning in the heat of his pride, and she desperately looked for a way to humiliate him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I frantically ran through the contents of my cloak’s pockets, desperately trying to form some sort of plan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But when she had to let her breath out at last, she began to cough desperately and Gitl pounded her on the back. “. . . lie down” was all she heard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was the truth, a pitiful boy who desperately wanted not to be pitiful, screaming and crying, poisoned by an infected G-tube that kept him alive, but not alive enough. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Refugees flooded the roads, desperately looking for safety as Communist troops pushed south toward Saigon in their final “Ho Chi Minh Campaign.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We could not rearrange his limbs so that his nerves might quiet their shrill attack; he desperately sought, but could not find, sleep’s oblivion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All that fall, the Welch Daily News and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph were filled with stories of our American scientists and engineers at Cape Canaveral in Florida, desperately working to catch up with the Russians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She knew it was Percy, suffocating, desperately grasping for a chance at life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The inheritors of Mozart’s legacy in the twentieth century - classically-trained, self-styled ‘serious’ composers - struggled desperately with this challenge. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Whatever was given by Black people to other Blacks was most probably needed as desperately by the donor as by the receiver. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I desperately needed the break that came with the Easter holiday. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head over him, her arms around him as he chewed on her sweater-covered breasts, she whispered softly, desperately, “1 love you, Charley, I really do . . .” “I love you too.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fate sentenced Our Father to pay for those lives with the remainder of his, and he has spent it posturing desperately beneath the eyes of a God who will not forgive a debt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked round desperately for somewhere to hide. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Cleopatra desperately tried to secure the future for herself and her children. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She was desperately sorry for what she had said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still desperately short of plants, he complained. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Two seats in front of him, Bobby Moch was still desperately trying to figure out what to do. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was waiting for longer and longer stretches after each question, desperately hoping that he would say something, but he didn't. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And I just want to thank you for all that, for your friendship, your understanding—that is something mankind needs desperately. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He needed desperately to go to the bathroom but held back, grimacing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She wanted desperately to go back to school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I dearly and desperately wanted to love him as I loved my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, desperately scanning the first floor for him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He ran past where the crew had sealed off a part of the cargo hold, headed deeper into the belly of the torn ship, searching desperately through cabins and storerooms. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You-you-you—!” she stuttered as she tried desperately to open the door handle, but her fingers were so rusted together she gave up trying and leaned out the open window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, Izzy had been digging through her bag, desperately looking for a tampon, when Deja had discreetly leaned across the aisle and extended a folded hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As the monster reeled, shaking its heads and blinking Wonder acid out of its eyes, Percy looked around desperately. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a time when my mom desperately wanted one of these houses. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I asked desperately, but I already knew the answer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I decided we desperately needed to find out the location of the nearest bomb shelter so we could get there fast if we needed to. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was one thing she could do; she was reluctant, because it was desperately risky, and it would leave her exhausted; but it seemed there was no choice. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She desperately hoped that the crib with his name on it would not contain a wailing, sleepless little boy who would toss his hippo to the floor and thump his feet rhythmically against the mattress. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Or at least, I desperately want to, and I think that might be the same thing.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z All the outside portion of the monkey house was closed, so we went inside, and it was obvious that even in the winter those apes desperately need deodorant pads. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The children seemed as desperately anxious to get in as they had been to get out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you join our team for the quiz competition? We desperately need your brains.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mother shouted the words “Epsom salts and water” as she raced down the hall, desperately searching for a nurse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Washington and General Gage desperately needed information. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran to the fountain of Bacchus and gripped the rim of the basin, staring desperately into the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When I reached home I found my mother pacing mechanically about the shack, murmuring helplessly, desperately, uncontrollably, clasping and unclasping her hands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he needed a friend so desperately, he never found one. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I desperately needed his sympathy, but he offered none. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Those still alive at Ricketts’ were moved to Bush Hill, and other desperately ill people followed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Mole, when he returned from some long journey, desperately tired, had found the familiar waiting for him with its simple welcome. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She saw that in this he would not be swayed and recognized the hardness buried in him, the part of her husband that was attracted to the fighting and wanted to enter it desperately. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s talking too fast, as if he’s the one who rammed into a car, his hand trying desperately to push down the trunk that has flown open. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And from that moment on, it would become the property of those so desperately devoted to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Both looked quite ‘calm and firm’, and both felt desperately uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled of mud, and with the abundance of precious water everything with the potential of being green flexed and groaned and desperately began to grow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She thought about Gwen, who wanted so desperately to dream of Colin; she thought about Ana, who wanted a life of luxury. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What do I do now? he thought desperately. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He stared back at me, wanting desperately to jump the table for a fight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It would only be called for if it was desperately needed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Davi cried harder at their words and clung desperately to her mother. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every single breath is a struggle, and I watch as he gasps for air, trying desperately to fill his lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He would squeeze his eyes shut, hold his breath, and rub the clay between his fingers, trying desperately to detect whatever was different about a fifth or sixth draining. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She reached out, not expecting anything, but wanting desperately. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The fact that I was dealing with Jews brought the whole question of color, which I had been desperately avoiding, into the terrified center of my mind. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Then, desperately trying to control himself, he recollected how he had worked his father’s fields. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I shall have to double,” he thought desperately. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next three years, as the Depression strangled the economy, state governments searched desperately for revenue. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He is looking for something that he desperately does not want to find. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He knew the icy water would shock his skin like an electric fence, but this morning he needed desperately to calm Bis troubled thoughts. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And Yossarian also did not understand why Milo needed so desperately to invest in the letter from Doc Daneeka, which came right to the point. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood there, Ishmael, looking at her desperately, and that was the way she would remember him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As he ran the cries came louder, but fainter now and desperately the horn was blowing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then I dropped my gaze and began to scan the area, desperately trying to figure out how I was going to get up there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her voice was desperately loud, as if raising it would make Papa-Nnukwu hear better and respond. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s like each “man” and “woman” were hurling themselves at each other passionately, desperately, and then time stopped before they could make it into each other’s arms. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Nessa, with one hand on Jay, her other hand in the water, desperately paddles. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he or she or they will look into the backyard and feel the ache of sentimentality as desperately as I did this afternoon. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Spurge shrieked and pranced desperately, trying to avoid wounds. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Faster and faster Kate ran, catching her pace, her bucket bouncing against her hip and Constance clinging desperately to her shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes fluttered, and Z took her hand as he looked desperately at Rashid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to raise my hands to show her that it was against my will. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had waited so long for my dogs, and I so desperately wanted to see them and hold them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I fought desperately with the fabric, struggling to free myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Genie immediately put his face to the floor, peering desperately between the wooden slats into the darkness downstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to go home and be out of this. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Despite himself, however, he was involved in a relationship with Amanda that he had desperately wished for in his youth but that no longer touched him deeply and he felt incapable of sustaining. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She knows how badly—how desperately—I need to get into Prism, because she knows what it feels like to be afraid that staying in this town will feel the same as dying. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He managed to get back up, and then, with tears blurring his vision and desperately trying to reach the front doors of the station, he stumbled and ran in exactly the wrong direction. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z All I had to do to save myself was let go of the stupid fishing rod, but it was the biggest tarpon I’d ever seen and I wanted desperately to catch it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He desperately needed a lake right in front of the plane and all he saw through the windshield were trees, green death trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried desperately to convey this with my eyes, but Navid seemed incapable of picking up my signals. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She desperately tried to revive the infant, but he never took a breath. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He now desperately needs a cup of tea for himself, not having managed to make one before leaving the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His words ring in my ears, but all I can see is my mom hunched over, trying desperately to calm down enough to say something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She lied to him desperately, “I fly with my husband in my crew!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She held on desperately and the nails shrieked again as the board swung far to one side. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She wished desperately that she could ask her mother for advice or just curl up in her arms and not have to worry about difficult decisions. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They read my insistence as mere obstinacy, as foolishness, something that would quickly pass; and they had no notion how desperately serious the tale had made me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He brushed past me and went up to Jasper Jr., who looked like he desperately needed a bathroom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And I need sleep desperately because in the arena every moment I give in to fatigue will be an invitation to death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z West Point guarded the Hudson River, a prize that the Americans held and the British desperately wanted. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The restless images gave way to a vast sweep of meadow, where Taran ran through grasses shoulder high, desperately seeking a path he could not find. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z My stomach was sick and wasted but it desperately wanted fuel and the banana stayed down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As so often happens in desperately poor places, the worst elements came to the fore. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred, who had been such a friend to me when I had so desperately wanted one, needed one, at Auschwitz. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z As a child, I pictured a naked child sitting on a modern toilet desperately trying to perform until it died of congestion. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd draws in a collective breath and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He went from attempting to evade them to wishing desperately that they’d find him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sierra glanced over at Robbie, who was laughing as he tried desperately to keep up with his two dance partners. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z And, reader, too, she wanted so desperately to become a princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “But the six Horcruxes, then,” said Harry, a little desperately, “how are we supposed to find them?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Kingshaw had thought he was going to hit or kick him, and his mind had groped round desperately for the reason, trying to remember some terrible, unknown wrong he must have committed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I had spent a lot of time in local communities, mostly in the favelas outside Sao Paulo, where I met hundreds of desperately poor people who were intensely interested in talking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In other words, they were desperately short of people to get things done and that gave us a chance to GET OUT and eventually get back to where we belonged. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The shameful truth was that she was not involved, was in fact desperately lonely. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Luna interlaced her fingers with her grandmother’s and held on desperately. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I fight desperately, but Lord! what a kick a goose has! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ring flashes at him, and he thinks of Shaan and wishes desperately Henry was here already. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I so desperately wanted to see it, but it hadn't yet come to Holland when the war broke out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Admittedly he had not, as he had with Sirius, looked desperately for some kind of loophole, some way that Dumbledore would come back.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to go, but I bit back my tongue. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Inigo took a step from his stoop, trying desperately to make his eyes focus through the brandy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was blissful and queasy at the same time — I could only just force the food down, even though I was desperately hungry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She caught it with the tips of her fingers and fought desperately until she was able to plant her feet firmly on the riverbed and pull the craft within reach of a tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The realization made him feel desperately lonely, and he rubbed his throb-bing leg. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and take a deep breath, hearing the familiar wheeze of my lungs trying desperately to fill with air through the sea of mucus. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Mariam nodded, but as desperately as she wanted to she could not bring herself to believe him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Harry said desperately to Ron, and, seizing a tap, he threw it as hard as he could against the wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks daily buses began to arrive from Reykjavik—sometimes two or three a day—filled with the gaping tourists that Bobby had so desperately wanted to avoid. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He held onto it desperately, not wanting to let it go, feeling that if he did so he was surrendering his secret, his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel could not resist, she looked up at the witch’s eyes and searched them, desperately. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He went out and sat on a cement block and wished, desperately, that he could go home, if only for a minute, to make sure that nothing had happened to them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My chest burns as I try to control my breathing, trying desperately to look tranquil while my body yearns for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You know I don’t dream,” she said, wishing desperately that it were still true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As Dana yanked him off the floor, Roy desperately groped for something with which to defend himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I admired their resilience, and I wished desperately that they didn’t need it so much. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had never in my life wanted so desperately to kill another human being. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “We’re desperately lost! What on bird’s green earth are you thinking?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She craned her neck and scanned desperately for Rishi, but he wasn’t visible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z So I desperately tried to trap all the words inside my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Quito is a big, beautiful city, so much prettier than those boondocks where you live now. And my daughter needs a maid desperately. She’s an angel. She’ll treat you well.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That was why Maria clung so desperately to keepsakes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tourists smelling like sweat and sunscreen swarm the street, standing desperately under the ice-cold air-conditioning of the jewelry stores. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It is for this reason that love is so desperately sought and so cunningly avoided. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I sling pajamas and sweatpants and baggy T-shirts out of my drawers as I desperately search for something to wear tonight. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Tell me more,” I asked desperately, not caring what he said, just so I could hear his voice again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "They wouldn't quarrel-" "If only they could get a message to us," cried Ralph desperately. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Stub McMillin desperately wanted to peek, to glance over toward lane one where he knew California would be, but he didn’t dare. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His mind, desperately craving some kind of mooring, clung to details. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman huddled, partially hidden by a winter-bare shrub, cradling a baby, trying desperately to keep it quiet. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to know everything about her and desperately wanted her to know everything about me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “This is bad. This is bad,” I whispered over and over as I desperately gripped the tabletop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The children tried desperately to read it, but there were no letters, no words, no sentences, just random, disconnected markings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Overnight we went from being a family desperately trying to stay in the middle class to one with hopes of sneaking into the upper, or at least the upper-middle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His eyes are big and soft and blue, and he desperately needs to be punched in one of them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was something I’d thought I desperately needed for a while. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I could see in his eyes that he desperately wanted to trade, even if it was only for a few minutes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As he went, he heard Nadia Vole laugh triumphantly, and then he was gone, desperately trying to find a hold on the sides, wondering what would be at the end of his fall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I can see alliances forming, lines in the sand being drawn—all within seconds, and all because I announced that I have a limited supply of something that all of them desperately need. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was wondering desperately how to fulfill my assignment, struggling to think of a way to broach the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He desperately wanted to ask what it all meant—powers, gifts, blood of Pylos. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was scared to touch her, but wanted desperately to touch her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She desperately wanted to guzzle down those entire two inches, but she thought of her mother sweating beside her and took only the smallest of sips. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z While these reforms were desperately needed, deinstitutionalization intersected with the spread of mass imprisonment policies—expanding criminal statutes and harsh sentencing—to disastrous effect. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Every four or five steps I’d have to stop, lean against the rope, and suck desperately at the thin, bitter air, searing my lungs in the process. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Her son was clinging desperately to her, not uttering a word. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Amah! Amah!” she repeated desperately, willing her to awaken, but Amah was deaf to her pleas. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I collapsed to my knees, desperately willing the dizziness to intensify, the transferal to come... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I’m still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I immediately set off to look for Tommy, because I desperately wanted him to hear it first from me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to start making money to make my dreams come true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And the nephew of the preacher Ob had needed so desperately to find looked on Ob’s heartbroken face and saw his pain and he reached out and put a hand on Ob’s shoulder. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Even as desperately wounded as I was, I could hear the difference. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These communities desperately need their young men to be holding down jobs and supporting their families, rather than wasting away in prison cells. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Drowning people in the water clung to the edges of the boat, desperately trying to pull themselves in. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It took a long time to admit that I could no longer feel his presence and sometimes I lay awake until dawn listening desperately to the silence and trying to remember his face. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We remained standing for a brief minute before the choir director and the principal signaled to us, rather desperately I thought, to take our seats. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Barely five feet tall, Elizabeth cradled her books in her arms as she desperately searched for the right place to enter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she did she desperately wished she had a place to run to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I was hoping desperately that this was not true, that this dream would end. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sneakers were a luxury in Africa, and I desperately wanted a pair, though not quite as much as I wanted pink dancing shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I yank at the ragged hem of my shift, wishing desperately for the shapeless, ankle-length skirt I wear during the day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My little brother, Kia, was sitting on the couch, eating graham crackers and watching cartoons, and I desperately tried to act normal around him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Is someone in there? I’m eight years old and I’m looking for my grandma because I need her desperately.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He silently asked God to provide him with the answers he so desperately searched for. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And he goes on about how he loves me, what life would be without me but I've stopped listening because his previous words are trapped in my head, thrashing desperately around. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z This was something I desperately wanted for my children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I said desperately, trying to guess at names, make them up, anything, “Yellow Top? Town Taxi? Checker?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He licks his lip, looks at me desperately. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The paper was filled with pictures of the crowd and the police trying desperately to control it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been desperately hoping that the Lion would say “Yes”; he had been horribly afraid it might say “No.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Emily desperately hoped the bell would ring or someone would pull the fire alarm as she watched Mr. Quisling transcribe the note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kappe was giving him little choice, and besides, he desperately wanted to go home and resume his "lively" life. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Nathan was desperately thinking of ways to convince his father that he had to stay. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I got the day off tomorrow, and I desperately need a night out,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I choked back a gasp and desperately glanced about for a place of concealment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z However, at the time that Penrose produced his theorem, I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D. thesis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I desperately needed to find out something from her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Zigzag made a gagging sound, as he desperately tried to pry Zero's arm off of him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My eyes grasp at the prisoners corralled behind the soldiers, locking on each row, desperately scanning for sky-colored material. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Nine fifteen,” he mouthed, and he turned and waved desperately to his parents. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Isn’t there something you desperately want to express?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The newt clutched desperately at the cotton smock where it covered the great chest and there it clung with its little claw-like feet. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z 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. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The tears streamed down my cheeks, and I felt desperately unhappy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Albion,” said Malcolm desperately, remembering something the fairy woman had said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Sliding around your organs, trying desperately to get comfortable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mendigo sprang, desperately trying to block the dart, but Hugo had knocked the puppet too far away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The men scanned the water ahead desperately for floating ice to melt and drink, but found none. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I straighten, desperately pulling in one more short breath, knowing deep in my chest that it is the last breath I will ever get. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I want to be sure, but I want so desperately to be wrong. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Jule wanted to hear his answer, desperately, but she calmed her voice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Thomas certainly couldn’t sleep, even though he knew his body needed it desperately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We were desperately bored; the littles had rented bikes to go on this scenic ride to Oak Bluffs and we had no idea when they’d return. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The white man shouted something to the black man, who then scuttled over to the door where my mother was desperately but vainly trying to calm me down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and desperately search for the words I need. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The shock jolted Bri and she began desperately gasping for breath. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And then he kissed me desperately, without warning, and feeling shot through my veins with a searing, explosive heat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When guards pulled away the box, she Jerked about desperately. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Here was a dashing, fighting, confident man, the papers had said, the kind of general the North so desperately needed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants to let go, desperately, but his fingers are stone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I struggled desperately to help him, but I could not move beneath the heavy blankets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A doctor trying desperately to save someone’s life on a battlefield may have to cut off an arm or a leg without anesthetics. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Thomas watched as Minho tried desperately to get him back on his feet, then, finally giving up, started to drag the boy across the stone floor by the arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Thinking that I ought to have a bucket of water in case things got out of hand, I looked desperately around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked off a ferry and arrived in downtown Seattle that September desperately needing a place to live and a way to pay for her tuition, her food, and her books. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most of those left in the city were trying desperately to get out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Scheisskopf longed desperately to win parades and sat up half the night working on it while his wife waited amorously for him in bed thumbing through Krafit-Ebing to her favorite passages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I hoped desperately I didn’t have any food on my face because I wasn’t about to wipe my mouth with my foot or shoulder. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Tile and debris and shards of metal scraped her arms as she desperately reached for something to grab on to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Show me the runway!” the pilot cried out, hoping desperately that he was close enough to Kennedy to somehow glide his crippled plane to a safe landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Thomas desperately wanted to hear about what happened out in the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Eventually, the mini chains are attached to bigger chains, as poor Michael scrambles around, desperately trying to keep up with the count. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She wanted desperately to take part in the fight against the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All of them began to slowly back up, and Moss hoped desperately that they could find a way past the cops who still stood motionless in a line by the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was occupied and I held on desperately. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to study every line, every flourish of the beloved hand; he wanted desperately to know every word that had been traced by Shadrach’s pen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Daisy looked desperately from one to the other. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Powell fled down the stairs, out into the street, his eyes searching desperately for David Herold. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just try and keep you alive until Tuesday evening,” she said desperately, “and then we can worry about Karkaroff.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My bed is still unmade from yesterday morning, and I desperately wish I could crawl into it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know what to do, she thought desperately. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Most, however, desperately need to find a place to live—if not immediately, at least soon. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He thought he would be haunted forever by the memory of Sirius prowling its dark musty rooms alone, imprisoned within the place he had wanted so desperately to leave. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She’d desperately wanted to see her father to know that he really was safe. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She desperately needed love and reassurance from a responsible caretaker. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She crouched down in front of me and asked, “What is it that you so desperately want, dear daughter?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He fired once more, hitting a tin can that ricocheted into the desperately flopping bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at my dad, grabbing his hand desperately. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One stallion reared, screaming, his rider cursing and hanging on desperately. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I looked down at my feet, tried desperately to think of something I could say. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It only widens the gap that men of good will are trying desperately to bridge with understanding and compassion. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When she had gone, Bigwig felt desperately tired and lonely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And I desperately want to take that box with me, but there is no room and no time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I thought about Herbert, about how desperately he wanted the American flag he earned through his military service in Vietnam. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Charlie had been slowly stroking his mother's hair, desperately hoping that she would open her eyes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But that’s not true, because if I’m unable to go to his room for a day or two, I long for him as desperately as I ever did. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The children tried desperately to read it, but there were no letters, no words, no sentences, just random, disconnected markings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z With a lump in my throat, I moved forward, closer and closer to the exit, desperately hoping the guard would not reappear. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I spelled my name in a wild rush of letters, trying desperately to redeem my paralyzing shyness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers clawed desperately through the white stuff, looking for a handhold, but came up empty. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We were not the team I desperately wanted us to be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Some people cried, while others were desperately looking for their ticket stubs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Finally, she hung the bag from the showerhead and closed the curtain, desperately hoping that this wouldn’t be the moment Scott discovered personal hygiene. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I am conscious of how right he appears to me, how perfect, every one of his tones and gestures dead on, not simply what I expect but what I want desperately to see. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The people of the Protectorate screamed and ran from the wall, even as Antain desperately called out that they had nothing to fear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I can’t lie to her, even if I desperately want her to care. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Top-notch code breakers were desperately needed on all fronts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He desperately needed to do something to take his mind off things. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I dropped my bundle in my lap and clung desperately to the saddle frame. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to see everybody, to see how desperately Redemption’s parents held on to Moss, fluttering and fussing over him, none of them looking as if they’d slept in days, which they probably hadn’t. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Barbee stood with his head thrown back, his arms rigid at his sides, his fists clenched as though fighting desperately for control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sealed away behind an electrified fence during the 1990s, Shin was unaware that millions of his countrymen were desperately hungry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We ran forward, desperately searching for something to get behind as the bullets whined about us, kicking up dirt and snapping branches. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart pounded like there was a bird trapped inside trying desperately to get out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But of course, I desperately wanted to try. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I look back at the letter I hold, California scrawled in my mother’s hand, hastily, desperately. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "Don't tell nobody Ali," she said desperately "But yeah. He kinda cute. And he nice. And he smart." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z No hopeless lover of a living maiden was ever so desperately unhappy as Pygmalion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw himself off the horse and sucked desperately at the inhaler. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shouting wildly, desperately, shouting at Bod to call the thing off, to save him, please, please...and then the man’s face was pulled through the wall, and the voice was silenced. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Singer’s hands talked desperately and his narrow face was very pale. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The part of me that is made of raw instinct stirs, wanting desperately to close that distance between us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He tried desperately to remember what advice Jonas had given him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I am free to act as desperately as I wish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z June, I’ll never be able to say this to you out loud, so I desperately hope that you’ll see it here. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They speak of the schools with yearning and bravado; they want desperately to be selected. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I looked out the window and saw that the acorn throwers had turned their attention to the referee, who was desperately trying to unlock his car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted so desperately to kiss her again, just like we did when Julia parked her car on Blake Grunwald’s street. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I want desperately to sleep, but the dead boy ghosts into my mind once more. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z So, trying desperately not to disturb the universe, Hazel took her place in her usual desk, third row from the back, right next to the window where she liked it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I circled around the courts a couple times, desperately looking for an opening; there was none. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But ever since he turned sixteen, he’s spent his time at the Games being dogged by those desperately in love with him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mutton, mutiny, destiny, desperately,” I tell him, putting his own impersonation to shame. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Basmu serpent thrashed desperately as more and more golden threads wove over its body, locking it down segment by segment. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He desperately wants to end it with her, but she is fragile, unbalanced, and he's afraid that she might commit suicide if he breaks it off. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She and I were all for strengthening the character of black youth across America, but we also needed rather desperately to get to Water Tower Place before the K-Swiss sneaker sale ended. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z TRW desperately needed programmers familiar with the particular software the power station used. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z |
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