woefully

Example Sentences

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Opting to pursue enterprise customers, Anthropic seemed woefully behind OpenAI in the consumer realm — until now.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

In genteel phrasing, Ancora also alludes to the fact that Paramount would itself remain woefully undersized if it doesn’t merge with Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Constance Duffle, a paramedic in Siskiyou County at the Oregon border, serves a vast wilderness region woefully in need of health professionals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Zubimendi's woefully under-hit back pass was seized on by Mbeumo, who glided around Arsenal keeper David Raya to fire home.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

In what had been organized labor’s first test of how much power it would yield in the wake of World War I, it had come up woefully short.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler