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sorry sight



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Only four days into the capital's 12-day waste collection strike and the city centre is already a sorry sight.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2022

Rd7!, and Zherebukh’s major pieces make for a sorry sight huddled around the cornered king.

From Washington Times Jan. 9, 2018

Bloodied, dirty and stinking, the Ukrainian soldiers who passed through the town of Komsomolske on Saturday morning made for a sorry sight.

From The Guardian Sep. 3, 2014

When the big secrets have been revealed and all the rumpled linens have been aired, it’s Irving who is unwrapped, a sorry sight.

From BusinessWeek Oct. 14, 2011

“I was a pretty sorry sight that day.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld



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