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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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Some new comedians, including James Acaster, Kumail Nanjiani, and Patton Oswalt, drop by to add humor, a quality that was sorely missing from Afterlife.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
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.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
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.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorely. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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sorely
adverb
sore·ly
ˈsō(ə)r-lē 
ˈsȯ(ə)r-
: in a sore manner
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