miserable
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“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"There's comedy there, and if we just stay miserable about it, we just make ourselves worse," he told AFP on the red carpet at the premiere in the Canadian city.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Residents across the county should anticipate persistent and miserable humidity, dangerous rip currents and extreme heat warnings in some areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Instead, an old pro had himself a miserable night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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