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Examples of sorely in a Sentence
You will be sorely missed.
She provided some sorely needed help.
The house is sorely in need of paint.
He is sorely lacking in social skills.
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The 79-year-old Michael Douglas convincingly plays a septuagenarian Franklin and brings in some of the Franklin-esque humor that was sorely lacking in Ken Burns’ version—historically accurate fart jokes and all.
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Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
But for all the ways that living on the reservation feeds the soul, one basic necessity has been sorely lacking for Begaye, her six children and other Navajos: Water.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Kids might like them, but true fans of Buffalo wings will be sorely disappointed.
—Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
The long-beloved tool helped researchers and journalists track disinformation online and will be sorely missed.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
Once in Russia, migrant workers may be subject to police harassment and extortion, but actual security measures that might prevent terrorist attacks are sorely lacking.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
That’s raising the prospect new equity winners will emerge soon enough like energy and small caps — two sectors that have sorely lagged the American market’s frenetic rally over the past year.
—Justina Lee, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Sandra Day O’Connor’s deciding centrist vote is sorely missed on today’s polarized court.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
That’s something Bengaluru, with 5,600 traffic police who have to keep an eye on more than 10 million vehicles across 13,000 kilometers of road, sorely needs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2024
Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
But for all the ways that living on the reservation feeds the soul, one basic necessity has been sorely lacking for Begaye, her six children and other Navajos: Water.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Kids might like them, but true fans of Buffalo wings will be sorely disappointed.
—Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
The long-beloved tool helped researchers and journalists track disinformation online and will be sorely missed.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
Once in Russia, migrant workers may be subject to police harassment and extortion, but actual security measures that might prevent terrorist attacks are sorely lacking.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
That’s raising the prospect new equity winners will emerge soon enough like energy and small caps — two sectors that have sorely lagged the American market’s frenetic rally over the past year.
—Justina Lee, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Sandra Day O’Connor’s deciding centrist vote is sorely missed on today’s polarized court.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
That’s something Bengaluru, with 5,600 traffic police who have to keep an eye on more than 10 million vehicles across 13,000 kilometers of road, sorely needs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorely. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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sorely
adverb
sore·ly
ˈsō(ə)r-lē 
ˈsȯ(ə)r-
: in a sore manner
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