miserable
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When Robert was still young, the family moved to Staten Island, N.Y., where he was miserable at home and at school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In the run-up to her nuptials, Clark presented her own “wife school” series that made marriage sound so miserable that a reasonable viewer’s only conclusion was to avoid being a wife altogether.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I'm sure my life wouldn't have been thoroughly miserable," she adds with a half smile.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“I hate Ohio! I’m going to be miserable there! I—I—” She sniffled.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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