poorly
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t so much that France played poorly, although it did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Just 3% of English people said they hoped Scotland did poorly.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But they sure didn’t play like that, starting poorly, then quickly getting worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
These conditions are extraordinarily common, not because the spine is inherently poorly made, but because it’s doing a job it was never originally designed to do.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Healthy or not, he came from a place that caused most people to treat him poorly.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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