badly
Example Sentences
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Among those caught up in the fire were a British couple, who were found down a ravine, badly burned and semi-conscious, local media reported.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The group has been badly hit by a fall in sales in China, once one of its most lucrative markets.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“It’s way better here than going to the state hospital. The attention there is awful,” Morales said, happy to get a badly infected pinkie finger treated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Energy typically does well when stock-market indexes and bonds both do badly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The repercussion track was different every time, depending on how badly you’d screwed up, and really, as my mom liked to point out, it was just a bunch of guesswork.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
