despairingly

As he came spluttering to the surface again, "Help, help, Arvid," he called despairingly; "I am drowning!"

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

Some called despairingly the names of wives and daughters who had been among the spectators in that fatal line of wagons.

Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion 1867

Frankenstein despairingly bewails his attempt as impious, and suffers for it; partial justice is rendered; and many more incidents in the novel might have been pourtrayed, of harrowing interest! though without infringing good taste.

First Reviews 1823

At the first intimation of the man's violence Jean had rushed to her sister's aid and was beating him with wildly impotent hands, calling despairingly to Lollie, to Swimming Wolf, even to Gregg.

Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

We also saw a bewildered curly white dog and a young girl, who called despairingly to him as he disappeared beneath the automobile.

Lady Baltimore Owen Wister 1899

All the while Alfred was calling despairingly to us; every time the ice broke, he would nearly disappear under the water, which was deadly cold.

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

The vicomte called despairingly for help, but none came.

The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Jules Lermina 1877

He called despairingly upon his friends and laid hands on those near him; but all were silent, cold and stony.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Various 1868

Poor, distracted Montgomery threw himself on the ground beside her, calling despairingly upon her, imploring her to speak one more word to him, but all in vain; and when the troops from the fort, who had taken the alarm, arrived at the dreadful spot, he lay like one dead, with his arm around the lifeless form of his precious Lizzie.

'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve 1863

Lost, for an instant, even the recollection that Goisvintha might still be watching her opportunity from without, calling despairingly on her father, and vainly striving to raise him from the ground, Antonina remembered not, in the overwhelming trial of the moment, the revelations of Numerian's past life that had been disclosed to her in the days when the famine was at its worst in Rome.

Antonina Wilkie Collins 1856