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Recent Examples of miserably
The decoy tactic failed miserably, says Zutterman.
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
But the new study found that community notes are failing miserably.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Finally, from some point in the future, miserably tied together, the two sing that the end of time can’t come soon enough.
—Molly Langmuir, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
When the little doggy pool doesn't float, their plan fails miserably, and both Mabel and her sister Millie are left having to rethink their strategy.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The only good thing is that the Dodgers have been failing miserably and somehow the Pads remain in contention.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Video footage from the day shows Beau, 4, pacing the hallway and sitting miserably after his little brother said goodbye to him before going to school.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
For many, this summer has felt like one of the most miserably hot in recent memory.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
There was always something odd about a fitness test being set forth by the President, invariably an aging man who would lose miserably in his own competition if pitted against, for example, me.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
But the new study found that community notes are failing miserably.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Finally, from some point in the future, miserably tied together, the two sing that the end of time can’t come soon enough.
—Molly Langmuir, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
When the little doggy pool doesn't float, their plan fails miserably, and both Mabel and her sister Millie are left having to rethink their strategy.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The only good thing is that the Dodgers have been failing miserably and somehow the Pads remain in contention.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Video footage from the day shows Beau, 4, pacing the hallway and sitting miserably after his little brother said goodbye to him before going to school.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
For many, this summer has felt like one of the most miserably hot in recent memory.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
There was always something odd about a fitness test being set forth by the President, invariably an aging man who would lose miserably in his own competition if pitted against, for example, me.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miserably
Adverb
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And yet, distressingly, this early stage is too often where the lists of possible awards contenders start to get narrowed down.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Korean director Han Chang-lok’s Funky Freaky Freaks, a darkly comic ensemble about misfits on the fringes of Seoul society, received the special jury award.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel—whose late-night talk show was briefly taken off air by ABC after Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized remarks that Kimmel had made about Kirk’s killing and hinted darkly at regulatory consequences—was one casualty.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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O’Farrell’s words skip lightly on some pages, then pace with anxiety, then finally trudge along despairingly.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Miserably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miserably. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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