sorely
Example Sentences
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Investors who were hoping that a strong second-quarter earnings season would help to refresh it were sorely disappointed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
With the yield on 2-year Treasury notes hitting its highest level in over a year, clients will be sorely tempted to move cash out of bank accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Barker’s screenplay is sorely lacking the imagination and ambition needed to stake its place among the true classics, horror or otherwise.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Further reinforcements are sorely needed but all of the club's arrivals this summer - goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen, midfielder Sean Steur and winger Bazoumana Toure - have been aged 20 and under, and from the continent.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He was chilled and weary; his hands and arms ached sorely, and there was no power in him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
