How to Use sorely in a Sentence

sorely

adverb

• The house is sorely in need of paint.
• You will be sorely missed.
• He is sorely lacking in social skills.
• She provided some sorely needed help.
• Both sat out the Falcons game, and the Browns sorely missed them.
  — cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
• It’s also sorely missed when the cruise ships are not in the city.
  — al, 8 Dec. 2022
• One item sorely missed on Bruce's car was the rear bumper.
  — Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
• That pain, said Dalio, will be very sorely felt over the next few years.
  — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The 6-foot-7 Knox provides length that the Blazers sorely need.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
• Moscow sorely needs the new bomber, its first in more than 40 years.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2022
• You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
• You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over. ...
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
• Our goal is to get the resources that are sorely needed here.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Her impact on the defensive end was sorely missed as the Storm racked up 30 points in the paint.
  — Eli McKown, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
• The June Bug is exterminated and left out of the film, and sorely missed.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 11 Aug. 2023
• There could be some camera upgrades, which the phone sorely needs.
  — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
• Whether Houck and Sale can provide the boost the club sorely needs will be a huge factor in the Sox’ ultimate fate.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
• Some, like Nichols — who is 76 herself — said a changing of the guard is sorely needed.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• That sort of focus has been sorely lacking for decades.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• On Sunday, in a squeaking 17-16 win over the Colts, Davis’s run-stuffing was sorely missed.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
• Both the money and need for a new space, according to the unit’s overseer, are sorely needed.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022
• But absence makes the heart grow fonder, and Miro was sorely missed while off AEW programming.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• The lake had been sorely neglected when Reggie made his home there.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
• To say he will be sorely missed is a big understatement.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 2 July 2022
• Some within the Supreme Court itself think the repeal is sorely needed.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Keenan Allen missed his second game with a sore hammy and was beyond sorely missed.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
• Faber, then 31 and entering the prime years of his career, was sorely missed during the World Series.
  — Tommy Birch, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
• The 31-year-old told Dateline that his mother is a loving woman who works hard and is very sorely missed.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• That’s something sorely lacking in the election-denying factions of the GOP.
  — Richard Schechter, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• The ground game, while not explosive, at least gave the Hoosiers some of the explosive plays sorely lacking in the Week 1 win over Illinois.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024