How To Use Miserably In A Sentence

Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another. The Vitality Diet
He neglected to point out that the current policies have failed miserably, in every way.
`The habitation of the great unwashed ," she finally repeated, mumbling miserably. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
They had a go at trying to lift her up as painlessly as possible and failed miserably.
Why regret that I lived miserably yesterday. Rather, why not commit and resolve to live happily today. RVM

The food was standard hotel fare, failing miserably to live up to the mouth-watering eloquence of the descriptions on the menu.
Miserably behind in its contribution to the building of the cathedral.
Phil sat huddled miserably in his chair.
This thin volume of india-ink illustrations took the term maudlin up a notch and failed miserably to engage. Notes from the peanut gallery
You know how wretched it is to eat something you shouldn't have and spend the next day and a half miserably expelling it from your body.
The whips who failed miserably to dragoon the rebels through the ‘No’ lobby on Wednesday wearily admit that a mass revolt by more than a third of backbenchers cannot be passed off as a mere blip.
Dad and I rattled around miserably in the house after Mum died.
She felt about as poised as a baby elephant taking his first steps, she thought miserably.
But, yet again, I failed miserably and came away feeling dejected, disheartened, deflated and demoralised.
The Marxist claim that capitalists must find investments overseas fails miserably.
Others who tried to use that as a means to gain electoral votes failed miserably.
The lower, yet still an estimable class, take up with worn-out Symbols of the Godlike; keep trimming and trucking between these and Hypocrisy, purblindly enough, miserably enough. Paras. 40-58
About eleven a saloon car of baffled tourists - French registration - whined miserably through. THE TARTAN RINGERS
Of course they were all utterly hopeless at doing something practical that requires a bit of elbow grease and failed miserably in the first basic cleaning task. The Sun
The ancient, dusty floorboards groaned miserably as Jacob laboriously climbed off his mattress.
When we arrived on the dock some of the cargo was still being loaded - some sad-looking cattle were being urged through a large hatchway into the bowels of the ship, lowing miserably as they went.
I felt that weakness and unmanageableness of knee which comes with strong mental anguish, and I sank back impotent upon the baron, whose lingering legs repudiated the pressure, so that we both accumulated miserably upon Grandstone. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
He was a great footballer, but has failed miserably as a presenter. Times, Sunday Times
She got dressed, miserably noticing there was a hole in her black tights.
The administrative offices, under his command for nearly a decade, failed miserably to do their duty. Times, Sunday Times
I had a divine right and a solemn duty to warn them, but failed miserably.
It certainly didn't deserve the critical skewering it received, nor should it have failed as miserably as it did, but it's hardly a film to get excited about.
Rhea looked up miserably at the bleak mountains surrounding them.
Why regret that I lived miserably yesterday. Rather, why not commit and resolve to live happily today. RVM
She looked so miserably old and weary that he called a gondola to his landing and made her get into it with him. A Foregone Conclusion
The policies of the “falanga” the Spanish fascist party which Franco technically lead failed miserably in the years immediately following the end of the Spanish Civil War. Applause for Spain
Elsewhere both the English and Indian rabbits failed miserably in their quest for world domination.
I had a divine right and a solemn duty to warn them, but failed miserably.
My attempts to create a moblog have failed miserably.
This done, Catchpole is rich for four months at least, as if bastinadoes were his real harvest; for the monk, levite, usurer, or lawyer will reward him roundly; and my gentleman must pay him such swingeing damages that his acres must bleed for it, and he be in danger of miserably rotting within a stone doublet, as if he had struck the king. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
She twisted her hands miserably, with a piteous expression on her face.
Why regret that I lived miserably yesterday. Rather, why not commit and resolve to live happily today. RVM
This is a bold and dynamic role Kaufman has written for himself: the hero as chump, and chump as hero, hunched miserably over his typewriter.
There on the doorstop, drenched and dripping in the darkness, stood a miserably bedraggled Jewish wayfarer.
Everyone nodded at that, and Tiffany snuffled miserably.
The problem that those of us in the world of technology overlook is that most people are using systems that are miserably unsuited to their needs. Mandarins Missing the Point: Zittrain, the iPad, and the Death of Computing « Steve Wildstrom on Tech
Outside on the streets the water hydrants dribbled miserably after entertaining shrieking Hispanic kids all day long in exuberant gushes.
She peeked at me from behind her fingers and laughed miserably.
Alone and sleepless, she stared miserably up at the ceiling.
Of course they were all utterly hopeless at doing something practical that requires a bit of elbow grease and failed miserably in the first basic cleaning task. The Sun
Even his old financial wizardry was in doubt: two loans floated in August failed miserably after savage criticism in the Assembly.
I can still see and hear him, as he went his way along the lamplit streets, La ci darem la mano on his lips, a noble figure of a youth, but following vanity and incredulous of good; and sure enough, somewhere on the high seas of life, with his health, his hopes, his patrimony and his self-respect, miserably went down. Memories and Portraits
‘Come on, you make me sound like a wuss,’ I said, trying not to sound like a sissy idiot and miserably failing.
It is but the gradualness of the "enzymes or metabolism" paradox resolution that fails miserably – Zn world did it inherently at the outset. New Results from Stardust Mission Paint Chaotic Picture of Early Solar System | Universe Today
She readily lent an ear to the insinuations which Scarfe, also bitterly hurt, freely let out, and persuaded herself miserably that her boy was in the hands of an adventurer who had cajoled not only the boy but the father, and in short personated the proverbial viper at the fireside. A Dog with a Bad Name
The rain still drizzled miserably, and no one was about.
She was failing miserably though as I heard her snort in an unladylike manner.
In her little blue-gingham morning dress, out of which her neck flowered white and ever beautiful of nape, Lilly crumbled up her biscuit, eyes miserably down, the red-hot pricklings which invariably accompanied these scenes flashing over her and a crowding in her throat as if she must tear it open for language to make them understand. Star-Dust
Summers at Valley Forge are miserably hot and sticky - not at all like the breezy cool of the Kenyan highlands.
Summers at Valley Forge are miserably hot and sticky - not at all like the breezy cool of the Kenyan highlands.
Aille tried to look sorry but failed miserably.
It’s quite ironic that the next Mother Theresa (aka Ange) is all about helping and rescuing the millions of people living in extreme poverty, pain and torture (which I do admire) but has failed miserably (on more than one ocasion) to show a decent human being the most basic form of respect. “What Angelina Did Was Very Uncool” Jennifer Aniston Vogue December 2008
Thinking I might be able to manage a tasty minted lamb sarnie if I chewed on the right hand side of my mouth, I've failed miserably and actually bitten into my lip and bled all over said sarnie… I'm starving!
Miserably, she slotted the key into the lock and pushed open the door. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
Guards, especially "good" guards with records of mildness and fair dealing, were given a miserably hard time; and several guards, good and bad, were engaged in bare-knuckle combat by convicts made brave with home-brewed pruno. Why Prisoners Riot
Liz placed both of her hands on his shoulders, tried to shove him away but failed miserably.
He was as miserably isolated now as he had been when the service beganmore isolated by reason of his unreplenished emptiness, his dead satiety. Brave New World
The recently concluded petition to recall our embattled mayor failed miserably. BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!
On a recent survey of how well-known companies respond to their electronic messages, the domestic doyenne turned mega-entrepreneur failed miserably.
He had failed miserably in an attempt to persuade a Goan shopkeeper to buy a shipment of canned milk.
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
The faint niggery smell which crept from the cabin increased her nausea and, without strength to combat it, she kept on retching miserably while the cabins and trees revolved swiftly around her. Gone with the Wind
It was hilarious to see how hard the boy was trying to intimidate a small wisp of a girl and failing miserably.
I tried to cheer her up, but failed miserably.
I bit my lip miserably and nodded
But the trustees wanting to macadamize the miserably pitched street of the town, he bethought him of dust in summer and mud in winter, and drew up a long memorial to the lords of the soil, remonstrating with them on their impolitic conduct; but all in vain. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829
That was the cause of the inappeasable fury of the Tuvaches, who had remained miserably poor. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
I honestly hope that when the Spidey reboot is released that it fails miserably so that Sony will gives the reigns of control back to Raimi who actually knew what he was doing. Ultimate Spider-Man Writer Brian Bendis Consulting Spider-Man Reboot? | /Film
The usual Jamdown production crew attempt to make hip-hop beats and fail miserably.
The first version was cold and rainy; the second was miserably hot, smotheringly muggy.
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
In the opening scene his few possessions are destroyed by stampeding cattle, as he sits miserably drying his wet, mud-caked socks by a small fire on a rainy night.
About eleven a saloon car of baffled tourists - French registration - whined miserably through. THE TARTAN RINGERS
In fact, most of Link's comic relief throwaway lines fail miserably.
Given Miller's skill as a sketch writer, much of the material is pretty funny (compare it to last year's miserably unamusing Scottish film Crying With Laughter) and stands up to the magnification of the big screen, even if many viewers were left frustrated by the fact we never actually get to see the duo's live act. Edinburgh film festival roundup
As an action hero, Fletcher fails miserably in this endeavor.
The sick child was wailing miserably.
Hornby cites his hero Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager (the club Hornby is famous for miserably yet obsessively supporting – see Fever Pitch) and “great philosopher”, who apparently said on becoming 50 that he realised he was not going to live the life that he wanted to. PETRONA
So I sat there for the whole exam staring miserably at this poxy exam paper and waiting for the first opportunity of escape.
In the miserably high-number conapt building 492 on the outskirts of Marilyn Monroe, New Jersey, Richard Hnatt ate breakfast indifferently while, with something greater than indifference, he glanced over the morning's homeopape's weather-syndrome readings of the previous day. Genre Fiction
I say, then, that the real, the enduring shyness is that inveteration of reserve to which a few men in a few countries are miserably condemned. Apologia Diffidentis
The sick child was wailing miserably.
I went miserably to the living room, flicking blindly through a book as I listened to the sound of running water and clinking china.
Summers at Valley Forge are miserably hot and sticky - not at all like the breezy cool of the Kenyan highlands.
I attempted to understand the articles on cricket but failed miserably.
The easiest thing in this situation is to do nothing and rest miserably in the comfort zone of doing something predictable.
Alone and sleepless, she stared miserably up at the ceiling.
Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another. The Vitality Diet
Unfortunately, this big-budget movie bombed miserably in the box office and the producer burned his fingers.
For we miserably mutilate it, and sinfully as well as foolishly limit its application and its power, if we recognise it only -- I was going to say mainly -- as being the ground of our hope and of what we call our salvation, and do not recognise it as being the obligatory example of our lives, which we are bound to translate into our daily practice. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
Baltic; they must have perished miserably but for the discovery of a new source of protium. City of Endless Night
It's hard-wired to operate with typical Beltway gumption, which is why it's failing miserably. Yahoo! Sports - Top News
He failed miserably as an actor.
We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably.
The parking industry's attempt at self-regulation is failing miserably. Times, Sunday Times
Once in forty-seven years someone actually holds the guy to account, and he fails miserably. The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass”
It may have rear doors but they flatter to deceive: open one and it'll afford a view of one of the most miserably proportioned rear cabins in the class.
The place was in the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic, and the wind came from the south, still bearing moisture from the Indian Ocean that fell as miserably cold drizzle. The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Liberal attempts to achieve universal franchise were failing miserably.
She was still struggling to break free from its hold but was failing miserably.
"I'm sorry!" she wailed miserably.
A lone wolf howled miserably, followed closely by a volley of agitated barks.
By placing such a tasteless photo alongside an oversimplified argument that failed to address the deeper issues of race in sports, the self-styled "Worldwide Leader In Sports" prioritized getting page views over serving its readership and failed miserably to lead the discussion. Hank Koebler: ESPN's "Whiteface" Vick Is Distastefully Bad Journalism
His pitiful attempt at explaining failed miserably, although he was too ignorant to notice it.
‘You might be waiting a while,’ she muttered miserably, shuffling to her feet.
Instead, he nodded --- rather miserably, she noted with interest. TREASON KEEP
I was almost shocked, for instance, at the simple perfection of the Clams Casino - a New York-like first course that often is miserably laden with breadcrumb-cheese gook and baked into submission.
The press failed just as miserably in New Hampshire - but this time by overestimating and overrating him.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 02: Asserting that the Orissa and central governments had "failed miserably" to protect Christians from the violence unleashed by Hindu rightwing groups, five top bishops in the state said they were "agonised" by the belated response for help. Zee News : India National
Hazel and Phil were working at Dare Protoplay at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival so we went along to see what was what, but after miserably failing to do my bit in a co-operative game I just spectated. OMG I have a blog!
As an experiment in open source democracy it failed miserably.
The king then sighed so heavily, and seemed so low-spirited, and sat down so miserably, leaning his head upon his hand, and his elbow upon the kitchen-table pushed away in the corner, that the seventeen princes and princesses crept softly out of the kitchen, and left him alone with the A Holiday Romance
His physicality is extraordinarily powerful, and he paces around the office like a miserably deposed silverback gorilla now unsure of anything other than his own brute strength.
One cabinet minister even suggested having Israel appoint "amenable" Palestinian governors in each West Bank town, a program that failed miserably in the 1970s. The Bad Old Days Are Back
My mother kept the home fires burning, though Thailand, like Vietnam, is so miserably hot that just saying the phrase aloud makes me sweaty. Beginner’s Grace
Now we had picked up on the beach some small matter of victual from the wreck and husbanded it carefully, eating but once every day or two, in our fear lest it should fail us and we die miserably of famine or affright. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
She was annoyed with herself, when she heard her voice crack miserably at the end.
The camis he wears to camouflage himself from the enemy, the war paint he wears, he who has only one thing on his mind, he who is out in the hot, cold, wet, and miserably hungry land of no freedom. Digging Deeper - SpouseBUZZ
I assumed that to keep the children from duffing each other up I would be required to sit miserably on the sidelines of a soft play centre.
When Charles V invades Italy, the powers that be sent Catherine to a convent where she is treated miserably, hair sorn, forced to pray all day, starved of food. Scandalous Women in Fiction: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
She struggled to get up but failed miserably as she sunk back down.
I'm so unhappy, " sobbed Chris, miserably.
Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably .
But the revolution in which O'Connell is engaged, although directed against the oppression of centuries, relies with just confidence upon the united moral energies of the people: a moral victory of reason over prejudice, of justice over oppression; the triumph of intellectual energy where the brute appeal to arms had miserably failed; the vindication of man's eternal rights, not by the sword fleshed in human hearts, but by weapons tempered in the armory of Heaven with truth and mercy and love. Historical Papers, Part 3, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches
He had officiously detained the whole unhappy party, on the grounds that he wanted to re-examine everybody, and was thus keeping them miserably cooped up together over a horrible Sunday; and he had put the copingstone on his offences by turning out to be an intimate friend of Lord Peter Wimsey's, and having, in consequence, to be accommodated with a bed in the gamekeeper's cottage and breakfast at the Lodge. Clouds of Witness
The girls' relationship is established early on as we see Elena kissing her studly Italian boyfriend while sis stares from across a table miserably gorging on a sundae.
His two-toned blond hair with black roots was falling over his eyes and he tried to blow it upwards and out of his eyes, failing miserably.
The miserably wet and cool weather feels more like autumn than the height of the summer. Times, Sunday Times
The movie has failed miserably at the box office and the producers have blamed the low quality of the latest game for the poor ticket sales.
Usually when one has failed miserably, the other has been on hand to save the family's blushes and provide a useful screen for the other to hide behind.
The following day, in a Latin address which he repeated in German, he admitted that he had been overviolent in his attacks upon his opponents; but he said that no one could deny that, through the popes 'decrees, the consciences of faithful Christians had been miserably ensnared and tormented, and their goods and possessions, especially in Germany, devoured. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe
We scaled together the steep granitic hill immediately over the town, and then cut on the stack, straight as the bird flies, across a trackless common, bare and stony, and miserably pared by the _flaughter_ spade. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
I rubbed my head again, groaning miserably, and slowly followed her outside.
She watched miserably as the two men collected their prizes in triumph.
The country's attempts since the 1970s to build a diversified economy from the fat profits of higher oil process have failed miserably.
My poor peppers and chillies look miserably like they've been nibbled at, except there isn't actually any leaf missing.
Then there were the 1.3 Trillion in needless tax cuts for the rich, further skewing the already miserably obscene income inequitable distribution. Health Insurance Reform reality check (Blog for Democracy)
I failed miserably in my duty to protect her.
So, although it's a practical way to test integers smaller than 10 billion, which have nine digits, it fails miserably for integers of 25 digits or more.
James shrugged, attempting to look innocent but failing miserably with that self-satisfied smirk on his face.
Lola tried to see icebound Steeple Fritton through his eyes and failed miserably. TICKLED PINK
After watching Darrell Waltrip wallow miserably over the final years of his career, Wallace won't share that fate.
Miserably, in trying to recover his lost childhood Jackson is depriving his own kids of theirs.
Some people like to stand miserably in the rain, taking each cold splash of water as flagellation from the heavens, enduring the torrent as penance for their internalised sense of guilt.
While I was thus employed the natives very hospitably made a fire in a vacant gunya, evidently for the purpose of warming poor Barney, our guide, who seemed miserably cold, having no covering except a jacket, thoroughly wet. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp.
They are acting with the understandable and universal desire to not die horribly, or live miserably. Times, Sunday Times
A handful of dramas make the grade but the sitcoms are failing miserably.
My comment failed miserably, because it appeared as if I was talking about a personal, anecdotical case, while Bryan was talking about the fallacy of basing judgments on anecdotes. How Everyone Can Get Richer as Per-Capita Income Falls, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The miserably wet and cool weather feels more like autumn than the height of the summer. Times, Sunday Times
The captain, a stout teetotaler, and the first mate, an inveterate old toper, got along miserably on board. THE QUEENSBERRY RULES OF DISCOURSE
The social gospel failed miserably to convert men or to reform churches.
The little girl was wailing miserably.
Why regret that I lived miserably yesterday. Rather, why not commit and resolve to live happily today. RVM
He looked miserably down at his plate.
The nine disciples had just failed miserably in an attempt to heal a child.
Her voice wouldn't sound how she intended: it was either terrifyingly strident or miserably flat.
When we arrived on the dock some of the cargo was still being loaded - some sad-looking cattle were being urged through a large hatchway into the bowels of the ship, lowing miserably as they went.
And if it be so with all, then let all get this apprehension as fast as they can, and all shall be well with the whole world, now miserably captived under a misapprehension of their own condition; that is, let them say the Scripture is a fable, and the terror of the Almighty a scarecrow to fright children; that sin is only in conceit; and so square their conversation to their blasphemous fancies. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

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