miserable
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In their quest to reach the NBA Finals for the first time this century, they’ve suffered seasons so miserable they were eliminated from the playoffs with weeks to spare.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"Just because someone's dead, doesn't mean we have to be miserable about it."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Eleven-year-old Margot “Meg” Lefleur, one of the two narrators of Kathryn Stockett’s historical novel “The Calamity Club,” has been a resident of an orphanage in Oxford, Miss., since 1931—two miserable years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Driving to, in, and out of Brooklyn during rush hour is a truly miserable experience.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
I’d heard the quills of adult screechers caused a miserable sting and took forever to remove.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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Charlotte's Web
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