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Recent Examples of sorely Kennedy sorely wanted his current HHS post. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025 The evidence that Comey did either appears sorely lacking. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025 Blake Snell delivered a moment of brilliance that the Los Angeles Dodgers sorely needed on Wednesday night. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 And in a city filled with marble columns and wood paneling, its modernist, forward-thinking spaces feel sorely needed. William Goodman, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sorely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorely
Adverb
  • In the Western Conference, sadly, a Joker alone won’t be enough to win the pot.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That is sadly the position Princess Beatrice finds herself in after the recent scandals her mother, Sarah Ferguson, and her father, Prince Andrew, have been embroiled in.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • While this does not sound terribly steep, this was in Earth's gravity — in the lower gravity of Mars, this would be equivalent to a 30 degree slope.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … SINKING FEELING – Woman's attempt to protest ICE arrest in Massachusetts goes terribly wrong.
    , FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Joe Garcia spoke bitterly about the decline of governance on both sides of the Straits of Florida.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the start of the season, the Braves lost seven in a row, setting the tone for a bitterly disappointing campaign.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Some genres may be extremely violent and gory, so parents may want to consider supervising their children's viewing of films or avoid them altogether.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Grain bins and silos can be extremely deadly if people get trapped inside.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, disease and human activity, such as pollution, have severely degraded Florida's reefs, according to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Local nonprofits warn that prolonged disruption could severely strain food banks, which are already operating under heightened demand.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • My day in court is painfully overdue.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Previously, the story followed Zagreus, the painfully cool son of Hades who spent his days making a break for the surface world to escape the overbearing grip of his father.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Hamlin wanted that race win badly, but securing the runner-up position meant he is placed fourth in the standings.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Spurs did not just play badly against Glimt; they were battered.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • At the time, the fields of primatology, ethology, anthropology, and all of science were incredibly male-dominated.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And there was Mahab Ghodss, an incredibly powerful and opaque consulting firm run by regime insiders, which drafted the studies for dam projects and lobbied for approval.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorely. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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