sorely
Example Sentences
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All in all, at a time when Americans are sorely aware of their everyday living costs, Friday’s numbers didn’t help much.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gold said the additional funds, while painful for residents, was sorely needed after over a decade of no such increases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
And what we are sorely lacking in this world is discussion.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
And a postmodern sensibility is sorely missing from most television comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He would rather sleep at sea again, and think over this news the sorcerer had told him, for he was sorely puzzled by it.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
