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as in sadly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed
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as in terribly
to a great degree
completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat
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Recent Examples of sorely
Spencer Pratt's supporters are sorely disappointed with how the Los Angeles mayoral race ended, but one in particular refuses to accept defeat — and will pay big money to prove it.
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Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
The sector has sorely fallen behind China, as well as other countries like South Korea and Japan, in recent decades.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Leo is seemingly keen to bring his message of peace, unity and human dignity to a continent sorely polarized over migration, the Russia-Ukraine war and anxiety over artificial intelligence.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
The sector has sorely fallen behind China, as well as other countries like South Korea and Japan, in recent decades.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Leo is seemingly keen to bring his message of peace, unity and human dignity to a continent sorely polarized over migration, the Russia-Ukraine war and anxiety over artificial intelligence.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorely
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But there are glimmers of hope, particularly after the first two (sadly) table-setting episodes, that there is some honest-to-goodness storytelling momentum here.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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This is sadly part of a larger trend by the mayor in putting his movement ahead of the best interests of his constituents.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who own property.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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But if the film occasionally threatens to float away into its own inaccessible realm, Camp’s witty, doleful performance grounds it with a human dimension, albeit not a terribly warm one.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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That leaves the volatile Joanne feeling shut out and bitterly resentful.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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The German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, desperate to connect with the grandeur of antiquity and left bitterly disappointed by his visit to Rome, eventually arrived in this once-vibrant center of the extended Greek empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Canada and Qatar drew their first matches, making this an extremely important opportunity for their hopes of advancing out of the group stage.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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All had extremely low omega-3 levels and at least one risk factor for dementia, such as obesity, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure or cholesterol.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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This reliance on ad budgets severely restricts the company in the mind of the market.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
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Without that asset, the Heat’s package is severely degraded.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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The effect of Gaza on these particular swing voters lingers painfully in the thoughts of Harris’s most ardent supporters.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Data, Not Models, Is The Bottleneck Companies that invested (sometimes painfully) in clean, governed and accessible data two or three years ago are seeing that investment pay compounding dividends today.—
Irfan Khan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Spain desperately needs a win to get its World Cup back on track while another good performance from Saudi Arabia — unbeaten in its last three games — would have the Arabian Falcons dreaming of a spot in the knockout stage.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Over the course of the movie, the pair try desperately to solve the mystery of the entity, unwilling to stay away from each other.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorely. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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