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Meanings of really desperate in English

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Usage of really desperate in English
1
She felt really desperate and quite impervious to all ideas of discipline.
Wild Kitty
2
I am so worn out, and things are really desperate with me.
The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance
3
Someone like her wouldn't have come this far unless she was really desperate.
Something from the nightside
4
More in North Africa, too, in case things get really desperate.' He glanced at her.
The Departure
5
KP: People can be really desperate, willing do anything.
Ebony
6
Only to a few of us was the really desperate nature of our expedition known.
At the Point of the Sword
7
And she felt a really desperate need of prayer.
December Love
8
When I was really desperate for information about who and what my missing mother was.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
9
But now the situation is getting really desperate.
The Guardian
10
Coffee is usually first to go, followed by gluten, sugar and, if they're really desperate, booze.
Rock and Ice Magazine
11
And if I'm really desperate, I always have that last refuge of privacy: the porcelain sanctuary.
BBC
12
And some really desperate folk call radio stations.
The Irish Times
13
He is really desperate-andalways packs a gun.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
14
Don't make it … unless you're really desperate, she joked in a new ABC series called Throwback.
News.com.au
15
It felt more like he hadn't expected to see her alive again, a really desperate, crushing hug.
Anvil Gate
16
At some point, when I was really desperate, I tried to go just a block to find food.
Once
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Really desperate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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