"desperately awaiting" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a feeling of intense eagerness or anticipation for something. Example: The fans were desperately awaiting the release of the new album, counting down the days until they could finally hear their favorite band's new music.
One woman is desperately awaiting news of four sons.
At the moment, we are desperately awaiting a positive reply to this but we think it is unlikely.
Fans are desperately awaiting the 2012 season, when MotoGP will be thrown open to 1,000cc bikes in an attempt to boost the grid to between 20 and 24 riders.
Buyers' misjudgments, customer returns, marigold mohair V-neck sweaters (for guys!) -- they are all out there, desperately awaiting that special customer for whom the world's greatest designer is named Priced to Sell.
The first Icelandic drama ever acquired by the BBC, Trapped has become the sleeper hit of the winter, with over a million addicted fans desperately awaiting the finale on Saturday.
A young woman who fled the city, Syria's third-largest, for Beirut spoke on Tuesday of the hellish experience that she and others had endured, trapped in their dwellings without heat while desperately awaiting breaks in the military offensive to forage for food or try to escape.
During the first world war, Dyck survived hunger and cold and desperately awaited news of her father from the front.
We urge the Senate minority to abandon the ruthless obstruction of judicial nominations, so that these excellent nominees may get to work in courts around the country that desperately await their talents.
We urge the Senate minority to abandon the ruthlessly partisan obstruction of judicial nominations, so that these excellent nominees may get to work in courts around the country that desperately await their talents.
Indeed, it's tempting to believe that the real test isn't whether I can demonstrate my love for her by remaining true to my word but whether I love her fiercely enough to smash through an arbitrary prohibition — an event she secretly desires and desperately awaits.
Whether the stadium spurs the economic revival that the mayor has promised and that Coney Island has desperately been awaiting for decades is another question.
