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• She felt she was sorely lacking in this "nursely" quality and was peeved at herself.2017, Rena Wynne Schilsky, My Angel. From the entry nursely
• His memories of old-fashioned trailers and sad swing sets from his youth were sorely outdated.2013, Rachel Brimble, A Man Like Him, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry ultradeluxe
• Yes, it’s smooth (unlike much cheap coffee), but admit it: DD coffee sorely lacks coffee flavor.2009 July 14, Julia Moskin, “After the Doughnuts, Coffee”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry dd
• But their most critical struggle, they claimed, involved healing sorely wounded spirits.2008, Cynthia Comacchio, Janet Golden, George Weisz, Healing the World's Children, page 141. From the entry polio
• And finally, if you think this is going to be an easy, blowoff class, you're sorely mistaken.2007, Ann Roberts, Brilliant. From the entry blowoff
• Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 5. From the entry emollient
• He was sorely vexed by his dilemma, so much so that he couldn't get to sleep.2002, No Sheds, “Native American Corner...”, in uk.rec.humour (Usenet). From the entry IGMC
• She bent over and started to undo Little Jonathan’s diaper that, incidentally, sorely needed it.2000, Tamar Myers, chapter 27, in The Hand that Rocks the Ladle: a Pennsylvania Dutch mystery with recipes, Signet Books, page 223. From the entry bleached blond
• To make matters worse, he sorely needs some shut-eye.2025 September 12, Ryan Gilbey, “‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal…. From the entry shut-eye
• And of all the species of men, geeks being the least known for their prowess, Delaney decided they’d been sorely underrated.2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 6, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry bow-chick-a-wow-wow
• There, in their several worlds, they find the harmony which they so sorely miss in the midst of mankind.2002, Syed Abdul Latif, Ghalib: a critical appreciation of his life & Urdu poetry, page 83. From the entry refugitive
• Our dozen cabin passengers sorely put to wits' end to pass yesterday without cards in observance of the Sabbath.c. 1911, John Muir, in John Muir and Michael P. Branch, John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa (2002 edition)…. From the entry wits' end
• Magallanes upon obtaining information of this was sorely grieved.1903–1909, “Extracto de una carta (Extract of a letter from the Indies)”, in Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, editors, The…. From the entry information
• Learning to co-exist with this new virus, and then to eventually defeat it, is sorely testing the character and determination of humanity as a whole.2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 42. From the entry co-exist
• Raju gets a niche in her heart precisely because of his appreciation of her art, an appreciation that she sorely needs as an egoboost.1984, Shantha Krishnaswamy, “R.K. Narayan: Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Acceptance”, in The Woman in Indian Fiction in English…. From the entry egoboost
• It’s sorely needed: hunting by license is legal in nearby Tanzania, and three large-tusked Amboseli-ecosystem elephants who'd crossed the border were trophy-hunted as recently as March.2024 July 25, Tanveer Badal, “Angama Amboseli: World’s Greatest Places 2024”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry trophy-hunt
• The Wilson family had been sorely conflicted because each member had gone off in his or her own direction, thinking that they were all lone gunmen.2008, Lee Raffel, I Hate Conflict! Seven Steps to Resolving Differences with Anyone in Your Life, →ISBN, page 260. From the entry lone gunman
• Thus it may be supposed that when the peasants of western Hupeh took up arms and advanced against the Southern armies, they were sorely tried indeed.1922, Gretchen Mae Fitkin, “West-China Boxers in 1921”, in The Great River: The Story of a Voyage on the Yangtze Kiang, Shanghai…. From the entry Lichwan
• Judging by the recent literature of adoxography (a sorely underused word that means “good writing on a trivial subject”), there have been many overlooked things that have changed the world.2010, Ammon Shea, “Introduction”, in The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book that Everyone Uses but No One Reads, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry adoxography

Meaning of sorely

1. adverb In a sore or desperate manner.
2. adverb Very, extremely.

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Questions about sorely in a sentence

How do you use sorely in a sentence?

Sorely is used as an adverb. For example: “But the decision to electrify north of Sheffield just months after the government 'paused' the Midland Main Line electrification scheme from Leicester to Sheffield illustrates the lack of clear vision or decision-making that the railways sorely need.”

What is a short sentence with sorely?

“Magallanes upon obtaining information of this was sorely grieved.”

What does sorely mean?

Sorely means in a sore or desperate manner.