miserable
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Last year was truly miserable: The S&P made almost 18%, including divis, while the dividend aristocrats made 7.2%—less than the total return on a 10-year Treasury.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Eleven-year-old Margot “Meg” Lefleur, one of the two narrators of Kathryn Stockett’s historical novel “The Calamity Club,” has been a resident of an orphanage in Oxford, Miss., since 1931—two miserable years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Driving to, in, and out of Brooklyn during rush hour is a truly miserable experience.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
Elliot: Yeah, because the lads were saying: 'Maybe people think you're quite miserable'.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“Well, you kind of made my life miserable for a while,” I say.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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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