abysmal

Example Sentences

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As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough - the grisly battle, the hair-on-fire panic, the abysmal lack of anything resembling coherence or even competence - there was the disgrace of the post-match.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

We are drowning in a sea of abysmal, artificially generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

For the rest of the time, the returns were abysmal.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

You might have heard that January home sales were abysmal, and that a trade group’s chief economist described the situation as a “new housing crisis.”

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The Rebels scored more points against Permian in a 42-21 win than any team had scored against them in twenty-three years, and Winchell's own performance had been abysmal.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger