miserable
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Feeling boxed in at a job you hate is miserable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
If everything around us is telling us we are going to feel miserable, that we’re not recovered, we’ll start to believe it.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“It’s miserable and it’s frustrating, the games they play,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
That’s why some of the most miserable moments in his glittering career have come from the penalty spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
He looks at the miserable elders, many of whose heads are bowed in shame, and says, “Who is ready to accept baptism?”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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Charlotte's Web
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