badly

Example Sentences

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He learned, he says, “just how badly Haiti had gotten it within the geopolitical structure.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Pacers reached last year's NBA Finals, but have struggled badly this campaign, sinking to the very bottom of the East.

From Barron's

Special forces found Oseguera hiding in undergrowth, badly wounded along with two of his team, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the case of Canelo, Good Samaritans found him and brought him to the Pasadena Humane Society, where veterinary staff tended to his badly burned paws and smoke-irritated eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal