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Used with verbs:
"
She is desperate to get some help."
(be: is/am/are, feels, looks, seems, sounds)
"
He is becoming desperate to find a job."
(be + becoming, be + getting)
Used with adverbs:
"
The boy felt extremely desperate alone in the dark."
(extremely, fairly, very, really, truly, absolutely, increasingly)
"
He acts almost desperate around his ex-wife."
(almost, slightly, a little)
Used with prepositions:
"
He was desperate about his future."
(about)
"
She seems desperate for attention."
(for)
Used with nouns:
"
I made a desperate attempt to help."
(attempt, effort, move)
"
She made a desperate cry for help."
(cry, plea, search, wish)
"
It was a desperate situation."
(situation, circumstance, struggle)
