"desperately" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desperately adverbio

verbo + desperately
Kolokacji: 71
desperately need • try desperately • desperately want • desperately seek • desperately search • say desperately • fight desperately • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(5) say, plead
Kolokacji: 2
1. cling desperately = rozpaczliwie trzymaj się cling desperately
2. clutch desperately = sprzęgło rozpaczliwie clutch desperately
3. grab desperately = złap rozpaczliwie grab desperately
4. claw desperately = podrap rozpaczliwie claw desperately
5. grasp desperately = chwyć rozpaczliwie grasp desperately
6. hang desperately = zawieś rozpaczliwie hang desperately
  • They are families, described as the "working poor," desperately hanging on to their threadbare lodgings.
  • The faerie slid into a corner, still desperately hanging onto its wand.
  • As the earth lurched, she slipped, desperately hanging on.
  • Jake figured Alison would hang desperately to the Japanese girl and that would help.
  • She was spread-eagled across the hole, hanging desperately on by precarious white-knuckled hands.
  • Not yet," Pat cried, desperately hanging onto his arm.
  • Ben thrust the open furnace door shut, hanging onto it desperately at the last until he eased it to.
  • She hung desperately to the curled metal edge to keep from falling.
  • The reason for this is that North Korea is a dictatorship desperately hanging on to power.
  • A naked girl hanging desperately on to a buoy as the giant fish tore its way through her lower extremities.
(10) pray, crave
Kolokacji: 2
(11) worry, wonder, fear
Kolokacji: 3
(12) flail, slash
Kolokacji: 2
desperately + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 24
desperately poor • desperately short • desperately ill • desperately unhappy • desperately afraid • ...

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