deplorably
Example Sentences
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"Y behaved deplorably and disgracefully and he of course deserves to be punished," Henry said.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Commendably diverse and deplorably unscary, Patrick Brice’s teen-slasher movie, “There’s Someone Inside Your House,” attempts to both update and bow to a genre that peaked decades ago.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
And for decades, the Pac-12 has been the unquestioned leader in diversity hiring in college football, where the national canvass has been deplorably white.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Reading and math skills in middle and high schools, as well as knowledge of civics and science, are deplorably low.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2018
Since some 15,000 people were jammed into an area meant to house 5,000, at most, the sanitation system was deplorably inadequate.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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