Americans care desperately for titles, for any sign of distinction.
His anguished letters to several friends during the smallpox episode show that he cared desperately.
He cares desperately about the game and when you are in his presence that means you care.
"We care desperately in Queens about the height of buildings," she said.
She remembered caring desperately when she sent the letter three months ago but now the response had arrived it was just a curiosity.
We are meant to care desperately, but we can never know what to expect.
Riyannah seemed to know, and she also seemed to care desperately.
And she really does care desperately for Roger - beyond idolatry.
It wasn't that he couldn't care less; he cared desperately, but what could he do?
But he cared desperately about what happened here.