How To Use Lousy In A Sentence

At first his jealousy only showed in small ways-he didn't mind me talking to other guys.
These successes, if that is what they are, are tinged with a jealousy that legal writers elsewhere have a more publicly acknowledged involvement in moulding the law's development.
Oh, damn the lousy tribe of them!" cried he, beating his palm upon the table; "what's Long Davie the dempster thinking of to be letting such folk come scorning here? Doom Castle
He discovers he is aroused by jealousy, so he encourages the young doctor to flirt with his wife.
Few things grate a Canadian hockey fan more than seeing one of our national teams lose to an American team, especially when the game was decided by a lousy, fluky goal.

They are poor amid wealth and their living conditions are lousy.
Jealousy and suspicion are eroding our friendship.
Those on the left side accentuate anger, hate, jealousy, and selfishness. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
Old Drury Lane has called me in, with jealousy to cover 'em, And sent me round with their own bills, to go and plaster over 'em.
In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.
The book of Revelation is lousy Greek.Yes sir.
When you cut your carbs too low, you may feel really lousy.
The city of Palermo was also distinguishable; and Julia, as she gazed on its glittering spires; would endeavour in imagination to depicture its beauties, while she secretly sighed for a view of that world, from which she had hitherto been secluded by the mean jealousy of the marchioness, upon whose mind the dread of rival beauty operated strongly to the prejudice of Emilia and Julia. A Sicilian Romance
The feelings of jealousy are mostly about relationships rather than about objects. Families and Friends - how to help your child form happy relationships.
And, while we are at it, and just to pick up on one of Arnold's areas of interest, the overwhelming majority of students and people are completely unaware of how lousy is the US performance in life expectancy and infant mortality compared to the rest of the world, nor how much more we pay for this wonderful performance than do those elsewhere. I Heart Textbook Authors, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
It’s a lousy first day on the job for dental assistant Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. “Accidentally Dead” by Dakota Cassidy
Part of acknowledging our inadequacies and sinfulness is to admit when you are doing a lousy job speaking the truth, which is the main burden of the Cdl's message.
In a story like way, these paintings display the process of love, ‘that moves from initial flirtations, to the ecstasies of physical love consummation, then to the anxieties of jealousy and rejection’.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! Bob Marley
BRITAIN'S lousy spring weather has seen the price of suncream tumble by up to 8.5 per cent, figures showed yesterday. The Sun
Though I’m lucky, I suppose; the area where I live (Brooklyn) is lousy with freelancers, so delivery guys don’t give me any funny looks when I answer the door in jammies or look like I just woke up from a nap (though I usually don’t nap; I apparently just look sleepy when I’m really in the Zone with wordcount). Admitting to an infection of words «
He became crazed with anger/jealousy/pain.
If the scope were to fog or freeze in lousy weather I could still take a shot. Quick detach scope mounts. Are they worth it? If so, what brand?
He lectured his London School of Economics audience in December last year, while the prime minister bit his lip with jealousy.
Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.
Although the trend's most recent period of reference is the '80s, when demure collars topped many a blousy shirt, observers are quick to note that the more influential time is the early '60s, when JFK led men's fashion trends with trim collars that sat close to the chest. The Incredible Shrinking Collar
Jealousy can have an equally destructive effect. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Jealousy was not the passion to loosen the tongue of the sagaman, and in so far as that is the theme of "King Erik," the play is not Old Norse in origin. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
It's about fatism and prejuidice, it's about self-love and health, it's about self-hate and jealousy -- but it's got just enough sexual tension and puppy love to make watching it a real joy. Sunny Gold: Between Body Image and Health: Having a Conversation About Fat
He broke off the engagement in a fit of jealousy.
Torn between the aspect of keeping his lousy grade and keeping up with snot-nosed kindergarteners, he sat in the lounge and rolled his papers between his hands uncertainly.
We thought it was pretty lousy that rides weve been going on for years and taking the bag on, or stowing it in a cubby-hole on the platform, now suddenly charged a buck each. Six Flags Requires You To Check All Bags Before Each Rollercoaster For $1 Per Ride - The Consumerist
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot
Your success can stir jealousy and this needs careful handling. The Sun
But there are many reasons men may feel lousy in mid-life. The Sun
This thriller of thrillers is a study of human conflict, jealousy and manipulation, which promises to baffle the most proficient sleuth.
The police believe the motive for this murder was jealousy.
Stone felt a small pang of jealousy, then realised that he could hardly play dog-in-the-manger when he already had a bone for the taking. CORMORANT
They do a lousy job building marriages and building relationships. Christianity Today
It hadn't taken long for Chee, who was good at self-analysis, to determine that his problem was mostly jealousy. THE FALLEN MAN
When he saw the look of longing in her eyes towards the kiss Blake was sharing with his girlfriend his jaw tightened and he felt a sharp stab of jealousy.
Though my Brooklyn hometown is lousy with lovely craft beers such as Cigar City's mango-hinted Jai Alai IPA, Sixpoint's bracing Crisp lager and Firestone Walker's balanced, citrusy Union Jack IPA, there are hundreds of brews I'd sacrifice a pinkie to sip every day. Food Republic: 5 Craft Beers Worth Traveling For
Possessiveness, jealousy, and protectiveness are high.
Not much comfort in the hope that old yellow eyes with the birthmark might be a lousy shot. Slay Ride
I did, but according to all sources I've seen, the English dubbing is lousy. Anime Review: Escaflowne the Movie
jealousy was a component of his character
In some rare instances people can become so depressed that they become seriously ill through jealousy. Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive?
Cue lots of jealousy from the usually laidback chap - is his marital bliss about to be chalked off? The Sun
He's 39, hit just .191 last season - when he wasn't missing half the year with an arthritic right knee, because "arthritic" is always a word you want to hear when it comes to elderly outfielders - and is a lousy defender, ranking below-average in UZR at all three outfield spots over his career. Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
“I had a feeling … And when you saw him again, after twenty years, all the old jealousy built up again … ” Maigret and the Loner
So, while the real weather remains lousy, the economic weather is much sunnier. Times, Sunday Times
What they have against Mick is their own short comings and/or jealousy. STRIDER KNIVES
Your emotions are calm and your love style more confident so jealousy won't jinx a relationship. The Sun
Professional jealousy vies with personal loyalty, to wonderfully chaotic effect. Times, Sunday Times
Nourished by my indolence, it grew into a mammoth, impregnable oak of jealousy, bearing the most poisonous fruit. LOVE YOU MADLY
So there is envy and jealousy, yes. The Sun
Perhaps this critique is simply based on jealousy. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes in life you can feel passion, jealousy, sensuality, loathing, and love.
I came down with a cold the day Max and I flew out of Seattle, and I was very cranky to think that I was going to be sick and feeling lousy all weekend.
Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper.
To be honest, most of the times the script is really lousy.
I try to tell her it's alright, that whatever shred of jealousy I had had disappeared long back.
At first his jealousy only showed in small ways-he didn't mind me talking to other guys.
This is probably why still his rating is based on pass completion as if he would be a playmaker, his missing runs with ball and lousy number of crosses do not help to increase it either.
Charlie attributes his lousy luck to the loss of his rabbit's foot and horseshoe.
Jealousy is an ugly emotion.
Huskers fans are imagining conspiracies against their team, convinced that anyone else's dislike is code for jealousy of all Nebraska's awesomeness. Kansas City Star: Front Page
You suffer so many lousy meals with lousy service, I invite you to my house. Times, Sunday Times
Desire and jealousy flourish at the margin of what is knowable, just beyond the limits of what Pandosto can see.
Complications kick in, and previously contained feelings of jealousy, betrayal, insecurity and possessiveness threaten to overwhelm what had seemed a rather civilised arrangement.
Drop envy and jealousy, otherwise there is no possibility - because love cannot exist where envy and jealousies exist. Then your search is only for a certain type of power: that in the name of love you are just trying to fulfill the ego. And it is arduous to drop, because love exists only when all the negative elements of the mind are dropped. It is very arduous. Osho
(Cannot come looking for the tech) #8 Kevin said, “Anytime we fail to execute is the biggest risk by far” Kevin B. Rollins, so lousy customer support must be part of executing a plan at Dell. Dell hell, indeed « BuzzMachine
Between the lousy touch screen and not-so -” intuitive” typing, the eye-fone is a bugger for blogging … Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case
For the last two summers we've had lousy crops of mushrooms because it was too hot and it was too dry," agroforester Bob Beyfuss said during a recent ramble through a Catskill forest. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
To confront your jealousy, make a secret list of all the things you envy… then wad it up into spitballs.
She quickly squashed the small pang of jealousy that had risen up in her.
As a place with lousy weather, we're deluged with it. The Sun
He left me a lousy fifty cent tip.
In these situations jealousy can seem like a logical reaction to an emotionally violent incident.
A lousy musical performance would be problematic; but a botched dance move would be complete and total career suicide, as the expression of wall-eyed panic on her face clearly illustrated.
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Robert A. Heinlein
He's being driven by jealousy rather than love. The Sun
The feelings, which she described as jealousy, grew deeper when Kathlyn Ogdoc became pregnant during her sophomore year in college. The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post
Do not give us shirt or raglan sleeves, or ‘shirtwaister’ styles with blousy tops, or flared or pleated skirts in boring patterns.
Jealousy is a very destructive emotion.
He chose movie scripts profligately, appearing in lousy films just to earn money for his expensive enthusiasms.
Hope, fear, alarm, jealousy, the ephemerous tale that does its business and dies in a day, all these things, which are the reins and spurs by which leaders check or urge the minds of followers, are not easily employed, or hardly at all, amongst scattered people. Paras. 325-349
But that's about it, problem-wise, as the novel opens – so Harry should really be bracing himself, hands over head and head between knees, because he should know by now that the rest of this novel is going to present him with relationship breakdowns, tug-of-love battles for his children, lots of reasons to lament "the lousy modern world" (©T Parsons) and at least one fatalcancer. Men from the Boys by Tony Parsons
Her wild behaviour merely fanned the flames of his jealousy.
The boardrooms of media companies are virtual hotbeds of political maneuvering, petty jealousy and back-stabbing.
Politics, feminism, jealousy, and fragility of love are only a few issues tackled within this multi-layered film.
Are patrilocal arrangements more likely to be lousy for women than matrilocal ones? Sisterhood is Powerful: Lessons from Gelada & Hamadryas Baboons
He kept reading.… Othello's jealousy manifests itself in the imagery of the bestial, which Shakespeare utilises as a motif of animal passion and the absence of reason…
Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him; he's a very jealousy man; she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart. The Merry Wives of Windsor
Visibility isn't the point since it's often lousy and if you get seasick all those boats bobbing about in the harbour can make you pretty miserable.
As usual, it's overwhelmingly the rich who get the pleasure while the poor put up with lousy services and fares which have rocketed since deregulation.
Jealousy is reputed to be one of their worst faults, but Taureans are no more inclined to jealousy than any of the other signs.
In a story like way, these paintings display the process of love, ‘that moves from initial flirtations, to the ecstasies of physical love consummation, then to the anxieties of jealousy and rejection’.
Indeed, had she and Colonel Leek been sharing confidential affections, he might have felt a prick of jealousy.
But on his end, the marriage plummets quickly from him preening about landing someone another character calls "luscious" to displays of intense, irrational jealousy. News - chicagotribune.com
She begs him to pray for her sins and to warn her daughter of the dangers of jealousy. Words Of Love: Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath
Government is notoriously lousy at procurement deals with business. Times, Sunday Times
This week I checked into the Freakonomics blog on the New York Times site for the first time in a while and saw that Venkatesh, who first came to popular notice when his work on the (lousy) economics of crack dealing was featured in that megaseller, has been guest-blogging about watching the fifth and final season with some self-described "real thugs" of his acquaintance. An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.
The lousy weather, the stabbings, the congestion charge they could all put up with. Times, Sunday Times
It's a pity that he ruins his otherwise commendable film with some extremely lousy cinematography.
He chose movie scripts profligately, appearing in lousy films just to earn money for his expensive enthusiasms.
The coquette Lady Betty Modish is led to accept the suit of the honourable Lord Morelove (contrasted with the boastful and immoral Lord Foppington) by a plot to excite her jealousy, followed by reproaches from Sir Charles.
I'll never, ever again be able to grin and bear lousy rping, ooc nonsense, and half-assed worldbuilding in Second Life. Howard Hughes vs. the Expectations of the 21st Century
Nobody can compel you to settle for a lousy future without your consent. If you do not try, you will never find out what is possible for your future. Dr T.P.Chia
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public education committed to the ministers of a particular one; and with more reason than in the case of their exclusion from the legislative and executive functions. On Same-Sex Couples and Catfish Derbies
I know people link our sort of vandalism to boredom and jealousy but what we're really trying to do is get a reaction.
In particular, it ignores those emotions which involve higher cognitive processes, such as jealousy, envy, and Schadenfreude.
He thinks he's a lousy father. Times, Sunday Times
Close, exclusive, two-person cliques characterized by possessiveness and jealousy are formed. It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend
Within a few days I felt lousy, weak, listless. I ran a low-grade fever for a few days, and my head hurt.
I have read that Americans think that the service in British hotels is lousy.
Thursday the weather was lousy with snow and sleet showers being forecast and some heavy falls of snow likely.
The world is lousy with places claiming to be another Silicon Valley.
A reputation of jealousy, rage and egomania had made him the man he was today, and that was something he had come to regret.
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
I am in my contrivances and pretences to blind my gaoleress, and to take off the jealousy of her principals on my going down so often into the garden and poultry-yard. Clarissa Harlowe
That might have been me, I thought, alarmed by the unsavory jealousy welling up inside.
Entering through the dense hedges is irresistibly romantic, as are the thatched barn, granite tower, and blousy herbaceous planting, at its peak in July with sidalceas, astilbes and dioramas, to draw you onward.
In the East a man becomes divine only when he is no longer jealous, a man is thought to be enlightened only when he is no longer jealous. Jealousy is a by-product of the ego and when the ego disappears jealousy disappears. You cannot offend a buddha. Whatsoever you do you cannot offend him. Osho
I sensed a lot of tension and jealousy beneath the surface.
With Cato's slogan ringing in their ears, with their jealousy of Carthage's economic success, the Roman senate decreed that the terms of the treaty had been violated and it duly declared war.
He broke off the engagement in a fit of jealousy.
BRITAIN'S lousy spring weather has seen the price of suncream tumble by up to 8.5 per cent, figures showed yesterday. The Sun
Still, any hanky-panky would have been a lousy move.
As a place with lousy weather, we're deluged with it. The Sun
So often a compelling presence in so-so and even lousy Hollywood pictures, he is here in the role of his life, and all his ballet dancer's fluidity and stoic intensity are brought to bear on it.
As the title suggests, it's mostly Lynch's movie - the earthy, ribald Nora provides the epicentre for the story, the focus of Joyce's passion and jealousy.
I could not bear it, and the demon of jealousy had full possession of me, young as I was, and sometimes, when I saw him preferred to me, I wished him dead, _dead_, just as he is now. Bessie's Fortune A Novel
It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
Jealousy suddenly surged within me, and I took off, running.
We had lousy weather here in Florida - it was rainy and yucky outside, and we hadn't heard of any event that sounded exciting, so we just decided to keep it quiet.
England must fancy their chances of clinching the series as India are ravaged by injury and lousy form. The Sun
Love, joy, hate, fear and jealousy are all emotions.
I've never seen such an exhibition of jealousy.
A sentence can have perfectly correct grammar but lousy syntax. A Short Guide to Writing About Science
In the simplest, we have robots or androids who can think but who cannot feel joy, grief, guilt or jealousy.
Drop jealousy and love wells up. Jealousy means that I am the owner. It is an ego trip, and wherever there is ego there is poison, and the poison kills the very source of love. One has to become aware of just these few things and discard them and one's life becomes a lotus of love. And then there is no need to go in any search of god, god will come in search of you. This is my observation, that god always comes seeking the true seeker. Whenever the disciple is ready the master appears. Osho
He was actuated by violent jealousy.
As such, he is the object of much spiteful envy and petty jealousy from members opposite.
I can see why that might work in, say, a song about murderous jealousy, but that doesn't seem to be what this song is about.
It provides also a springboard for its close relative and fellow deadly sin, jealousy. Times, Sunday Times
This means that sports fans better think twice before calling their bookies when they hear: "Patriot head coach Bill Belichick has thrown acid into the face of star quarterback Tom Brady, apparently out of jealousy that Brady was handsome and loved, while he himself was a hideous monster. NPR Topics: News
While big budget often means lousy script and too many hacks spending the money, low-budget doesn't automatically mean quality.
It should come as no surprise that the result is a poor selection of expensive lousy telephone security products.
Cornelius felt jealousy and anger rising within him.
Your success can stir jealousy and this needs careful handling. The Sun
So pity one poor hopeful whose lousy lemon curd gets him a roasting. The Sun
Love cancels resentment, envy and jealousy and replaces them with kindness, forbearance and cordiality.
‘The reason the magazine failed was not a failure of the message so much as lousy business practices,’ said Grace.
Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi.
Nay, a strong rëaction occurred in his ideas the moment he had seen his brother's writing; and when he fainted, he fainted from the struggle in his mind of manifold exciting causes, such as these: -- hatred, jealousy, what he called love, though a lower name befitted it, and vexation that his brother was -- not dead. The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
Vancouverites wage a private war against Torontonians in a storm of jealousy and rivalry of which Toronto is completely unaware.
Kingsley plays Ford in a near-hysterical key throughout, his jealousy tinged with full-blown paranoia.
All she bought me was this lousy T-shirt.
It wasn't exactly jealousy, I said, it just made me feel yuk ! NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Adams' sarcasm did not solely derive from his jealousy of Franklin's easy popularity, though that always rankled with him.
It is a lousy idea to discuss personnel issues through the media. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the arrangement, Joan and Philip seem passionately happy, until Joan discovers Philip's womanizing and is driven to ‘mad’ jealousy.
I have now come far enough to meet you on a common ground of fact; and I tell you that, to a mind not prejudiced by jealousy, all the reforms of the lazaretto, and even those which he most vigorously opposed, are properly the work of Damien. Lay Morals
If you go on condemning, your condemnation shows that somewhere there is a wound, and you are feeling jealous - because without jealousy there can be no condemnation. You condemn people because somehow, somewhere, unconsciously you feel they are enjoying themselves and you have missed. Osho
These terms rid Natura of a great part of that insupportable constraint he had been under, but gave not the least satisfaction, as to his jealousy of honour; he doubted not but she would be guilty of many things, injurious in the highest degree to their public character, and which yet it would not so well become him to exert his authority in opposing, and these reflections gave him the most terrible inquietude; which shews, that though _jealousy_ is called the child of _love_, it is very possible to feel all the tortures of the Life's Progress Through The Passions Or, The Adventures of Natura
We're going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel.
pietism," of what is foolishly called "goody-goody," has long been abroad; a grievously exaggerated dread; a mere parody of rightful jealousy for sincerity in religion. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
Bentley's Miscellany at beginning of 1837, and commences “Oliver Twist”; Quarterly Review predicts his speedy downfall; pecuniary position at this time; moves from Furnival's Inn to Doughty Street; death of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth; his friendships; absence of all jealousy in his character; habits of work; riding and pedestrianizing; walking in London streets necessary to the exercise of his art 49 Life of Charles Dickens
And can I just say it's also a lousy, _lousy_ reason to have sex. Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine
It always leaves you feeling lousy. Times, Sunday Times
But if you want to take a chance and dispense the brolly, at least equip yourself with the most up-to-date meteorological information by visiting some of the many internet sites devoted to our lousy Scottish weather.
The online job postings were lousy with start-ups touting their work hard/play hard philosophy.
The realtionship between the White House and the FBI was lousy, too, but that blame should go to the FBI given their resistance to John O'Neill's efforts and the subsequent uninterest in events in Minnesota. Bill Clinton Breaks Silence On 9/11 Docudrama
The events and power struggles which engulf them result in kidnapping, jealousy and romance!
I sensed a lot of tension and jealousy beneath the surface.
So I am not surprised that a lot of first-borns are consumed with jealousy, and want to rule the world, and that last-borns have a sort of impotent rage, and want to change it.
It's a perfectly good car, and it will serve you well when the weather is lousy.
For those who dislike ideology, the great thing about kibbutzim is that they're such a lousy idea. Zion's Vital Signs
I'd been here three weeks and hadn't even bough one lousy souvenir.
There may have been an element of jealousy in her response.
Also, for all his gifts as a journalist, he makes a lousy political commentator. Times, Sunday Times
This helps in all you do and ensures jealousy won't jinx relationships. The Sun
Ethelred smiles a dung-eating grin, then removes a lousy French sou from his purse and drops it ceremoniously into my cup, as if he wants a freaking jousting field named after him for his piddling contribution. At the Juvenile Bubonic Plague Telethon
Here in Edinburgh they are seething with jealousy, but adopting a veneer of lofty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
I turned round to look at everyone who had now sat down, and saw traces of jealousy drain from Jacob's face and turn back to a grin.
Meanwhile, bride-to-be Elena and wedding planner Javier tussle over her upcoming nuptials, while groom Tracy figures into Meghan's fantasies, sparking Sean's jealousy.
And the kid's neighborhood is lousy with cash.
Could it not be the case that my anger was also mingled with feelings of jealousy, rivalry or envy?
Lela looked up, trying to hide her amusement as they saw Stasia, obviously driven mad with jealousy and defeat, throwing random sculptures at the two.
Jealousy can have an equally destructive effect. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Also, for all his gifts as a journalist, he makes a lousy political commentator. Times, Sunday Times
Ingredient: Rose oil is good for soothe emotions like grief, jealousy, resentment and refreshing your mind.
Every unshared moment of delight becomes the occasion for fear, envy, and jealousy.
Wuthering Heights recounts the all-consuming passion between Heathcliff and Cathy, a love that breeds jealousy, revenge, and tragedy - excellent ingredients for a ballet.
The entire film is an exaggerated study in brainless women being used for decorative purposes, but it's so damn lousy that I can't even muster up any reactionary feminist offense to it. June 27th, 2005
Our fear, guilt, and, occasionally, even jealousy over the way the elderly are separated from workaday reality has led us to think about the ‘golden years’ as something that takes place in another realm.
It finds expression in acts of particular virtues or vices like honesty, generosity, cheerfulness, jealousy or cruelty.
he was maniacally obsessed with jealousy
Drop jealousy and love wells up. Jealousy means that I am the owner. It is an ego trip, and wherever there is ego there is poison, and the poison kills the very source of love. One has to become aware of just these few things and discard them and one's life becomes a lotus of love. And then there is no need to go in any search of god, god will come in search of you. This is my observation, that god always comes seeking the true seeker. Whenever the disciple is ready the master appears. Osho

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