miserable
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Their pitching is miserable, their defense is no better and they run the bases like they ate too much Tex-Mex on their way to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
Her Mona, an overlooked mother-of-two in a miserable marriage, is the only person in town who wants the small role of a building super in a cornball musical called “Nosy Neighbors.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Shelton has previously had a miserable record against the very best, losing all 17 of his previous matches against top-three players.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I was thirteen years old when Dr. Kane took care of me and took me out of the miserable life.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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