miserable
Example Sentences
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They want to buy the house for a pittance, and Father refuses to accept their miserable offers.
From Literature
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You’re going to get a refresh of the QB’s bumbling history against the Patriots—including the miserable night with the Jets when he complained he was “seeing ghosts”—but this dude isn’t that dude.
“Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else,” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said.
From Los Angeles Times
However, he, along with the rest of Exeter's young team, suffered a miserable campaign last season that saw his Test prospects diminish.
From BBC
At other times he said he was looking for signs of the VA’s commitment to improve a record of “miserable failure.”
From Los Angeles Times
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