miserable
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The alternative isn’t great, either: You stay in a miserable job and burn out before you’re 30.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"Just because someone's dead, doesn't mean we have to be miserable about it."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“Last year was miserable, you know? Not only performance wise, but I was just in a lot of pain every time I took the field. So I’m just happy that I’m pain free right now.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“But—but...that is nonsense! Poppycock! There are no miserable girls at Swanburne,” Penelope said, now quite flustered.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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