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How to use miserably in a sentence

14 example sentences · adverb

Miserably means in a miserable manner. Example: “After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.”

Examples of miserably by meaning

adverbIn a miserable manner.

  • "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7

More sentences with miserably

  • After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.From the entry go back to the drawing board
  • Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.2011, Kate Morgan, Wicked Games, page 34. From the entry benny
  • If spitting is supposed to scare the opponent, it fails miserably. . . .2007 November 23, Jack Wilcox, “Hawking Night In Canada”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 28 Jun 2017. From the entry kid stuff
  • No wonder our athletes thought like this and we lost miserably.2004, Bukit Ho Sweerean, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet). From the entry lau kui
  • She tried to shrug off the effects of her own overactive imagination and failed miserably.2000, Constance Laux, Diamonds and Desire, page 299. From the entry gammon and pickles
  • The mafoos held their charges miserably, as if sick with nerves.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 144. From the entry mafoo
  • In both these respects, musicians in charge of orchestral concerts for children in this country fail miserably.1925, Musical News and Herald, London: The Musical News Syndicate, →OCLC, page 389, column 1. From the entry avoid like the plague
  • The radiators thumped with steaming water, and a long stream of hissing air sounded miserably through the valves.2015, Thomas O'Malley, Douglas Graham Purdy, Serpents in the Cold, New York, N.Y. […]: Mulholland Books, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry mercy flush
  • "Project MKULTRA” was the govemment's secret attempt to penetrate the occult interior of psychotropism—it appears to have failed miserably.1999, Journal of Cognitive Liberties - Volume 1, page 37. From the entry psychotropism
  • My points were that a permanent death model was used on LegendMUD the predecesor to UO and it failed miserably.1997 December 21, Jag, “Re: Good Post/Idea”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.online (Usenet). From the entry perma
  • That night when the ice melted in the cooler and the booze got warm, I ditched plans on getting “mizzed,” miserably drunk.1996, Ray A. Young Bear, Remnants of the First Earth, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry hangoverish
  • We shivered miserably throughout the night.1904, Jack London, chapter 36, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry fitfully
  • It was a miserably small two-week net for eight good Holsteins, but they were near the end of their lactation period; soon he’d have to arrange for freshening them again.1955, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Not This August, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Book 1, Chapter 4. From the entry freshen

Meaning of miserably

  1. adverb In a miserable manner.

Full definition of miserably

Questions about miserably in a sentence

How do you use miserably in a sentence?
Miserably is used as an adverb. For example: “After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.”
What is a short sentence with miserably?
“We shivered miserably throughout the night.”
What does miserably mean?
Miserably means in a miserable manner.

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