How To Use Sorely In A Sentence

But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act. The Sun
If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
Helgi hath me hitherward sent to say to thee, Sváva, these words: he longeth sorely to see thee, ere the bold baron's breath have left him.
The Naval Air Corps was then in its infancy and sorely needed a strong leader and champion.
I was sorely tempted to deck him, just to make certain he knew I wasn't batting on the same side as he was.

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Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.
Now, Labour is sorely divided too, but success and power tend to concentrate minds, at least for a while.
To believe that its catalog is merely a backward extension of Farrar's solo career is to sorely underestimate the essentialness of the three other musicians who made up the band.
He had admitted before the kick-off that his Achilles heel is sorely troubling him and that 70% is the best he can now deliver.
The net effect is to restore my overall elan and joie-de-vivre, two quantities which are sorely waning at times like these.
While clever enough in theory, the chairs in reality clutter the stage and restrict the cast's sorely needed freedom to move.
I've been sorely tried by these students
Those convictions were sorely tested over the next three years. Christianity Today
We agree with the committee chairs that a political consensus that puts health and social care funding on a sustainable footing is sorely needed. Times, Sunday Times
Could it be that the inertia of a bad system, already in place, sorely and irrevocably jaundices ideological perspectives? Matthew Anderson: Lower Case Capitalism
Are you a big fan of the cult sci-fi film, Time Bandits, but find memorabilia from the film sorely lacking? Time Bandits’ Map Replica - The Retroist
Aso has vowed to stimulate Japan's domestic economy, possibly by increasing government expenditures. Opponents say he will slow the pace of economic reforms Japan sorely needs.
Sabine was sorely tempted to throw her drink in his face.
Now a recent study suggests that one creature - with a bite that may rival that of most predatory mammals - may have been sorely misjudged.
Some will be sorely tempted to do so. Times, Sunday Times
Most dramatically, the position of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , has been sorely undermined.
This business of the Black Arrow stuck sorely in his throat.
Her constant whining about missing him sorely tempted me to ask why on earth she had come. Times, Sunday Times
Nowadays this status-chasing urge makes designer goods sorely alluring, even if they make no real difference to our luxury-glutted lives. Times, Sunday Times
Just short of getting bitchy, which isn't my intention, the site is sorely lacking. Red Cardinal
We agree with the committee chairs that a political consensus that puts health and social care funding on a sustainable footing is sorely needed. Times, Sunday Times
He will be very sorely missed as a person and for his efforts and work.
Students who sign on for philosophy courses eager for obscure profundities, wild speculation and reflections on the meaning or, even better, the meaninglessness of life are sorely disappointed.
From the beginning the Press has conspired in perpetuating what the sadly departed and sorely missed George Carlin called the American Okee-doke, the pretty lies and comforting half-truths that our corporate overseers use to keep us in line by getting us to accept the illusion that all is well in this great Republic of ours, feeding us, as Carlin says in his last concert for HBO, "just enough bullshit to hold things together. Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke
He was a true pioneer in rocketry and spaceflight and he will be sorely missed. Konrad Dannenberg - NASA Watch
Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
Courage is a quality that is sorely lacking in world leaders today.
But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act. The Sun
To judge by the reaction Galloway gets walking the streets of his new constituency, King is not sorely missed.
All exciting looking heddles and raddles and shuttles and all strung up and ready to weave me a carpet and I was sorely tempted. What I did buy and what I nearly bought...
The only furniture, excepting a washing-tub and a wooden press, called in Scotland an ambry, sorely decayed, was a large wooden bed, planked, as is usual, all around, and opening by a sliding panel. Waverley
The halfback was a revelation for Queensland this year, the heart and soul of the side, and he was sorely missed by the Wallabies when absent through injury at the start of the season. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
Nor can it provide the public airing of evidence that is sorely needed here - particularly since this is a case in which a revered institution has used its privileged place to silence victims.
The ability to leverage private capital has also come to be increasingly expressed in defense of sorely needed downtown redevelopment activity.
Their patience was sorely tested as yet another delay to the scheduled service was announced.
They were sorely tested here in another reminder of the ambushes lurking all over the Premier League. Times, Sunday Times
First, however, the present possessor of this authority was more pleased in talking about prerogative than in exercising it; and excepting that he imprisoned two poachers in the dungeon of the old tower of Tully-Veolan, where they were sorely frightened by ghosts, and almost eaten by rats, and that he set an old woman in the jougs (or Scottish pillory) for saying 'there were mair fules in the laird's ha' house than Davie Waverley
Sylvia had a hard life, but never quit speaking out about what she believed, and she'll be sorely missed.
We're sorely tempted to hitch a lift back to the capital. Times, Sunday Times
Courage is a quality that is sorely lacking in world leaders today.
The combination of his views and his casual approach to politics sorely tested some Conservative activists in Aldershot.
Either way, Mike finds himself sorely missing their late night dancing and karaoke sessions.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot of acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain
The Portuguese playmaker brought a composure to their midfield yesterday which had been sorely lacking. Times, Sunday Times
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. Nelson Mandela
He is one of a dwindling number of farmers who depend sorely on farming for a living.
While alleged want-away star Reyes is a more than able replacement, the absence of Henry will no doubt be sorely felt by Arsene Wenger's men in this must-win contest.
The room was sorely in need of a fresh coat of paint.
If Ian McGeechan was hoping that this tour would build some genuine team spirit and confidence amongst the mixture of old lags and tyros who made up the Scotland test side yesterday, then he was sorely mistaken.
He enjoyed the conversation and banter around the table and his absence now is sorely felt.
However, we made up for it now by an outburst of indignation and resentment, especially violent on my part; whereupon, the sage Allie turned my own moral lecture, so lately delivered, upon myself, recalling my exhortations to the effect that we should be patient and forgiving with one so sorely afflicted as Matty Blair. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls
They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.
The combination of his views and his casual approach to politics sorely tested some Conservative activists in Aldershot.
Your commitment might be sorely tested this year. Times, Sunday Times
In an odd way, NYPD Blue's nude scenes, however gratuitous, conferred upon the series the maturity network TV so sorely lacks.
Cash is what the company most sorely needs. Times, Sunday Times
Truly, Fate and Father Time had tricked him sorely.
Here, where the privates of a regiment hold a mass meeting and discuss for hours an order to advance to the relief of sorely pressed comrades and decide not to obey it, and eventually throw down their rifles and with a meus conscia recti, proudly run away, we have Democracy with a vengeance. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy
Moreover, given the unatoned crimes and continuing discrimination, the greater portion of this sorely afflicted minority decided to emigrate to Germany.
So the city folk, gazing from the bare hills to my blazing, burning field, were sorely tempted, and, it must be told, as sorely fell. The Golden Poppy
He said Chetty would be sorely missed by the municipality and the town.
[Page 126] one end of society and the destitution at the other; but it assumes that this overaccumulation and destitution is most sorely felt in the things that pertain to social and educational privileges. Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes
The carrier also sorely needs to distance itself from the US Airways moniker, a name hobbled by two bankruptcies, bad service and lost bags. Mark Tatge On Airline TransportationSneak Peek: Mark Tatge On Airline Transportation
Edmondson missed last Saturday's 4-0 drubbing at Cardiff with a calf-strain and his steely determination was sorely missed by City.
He brought laughs to the lips of millions, and he will be sorely missed.
I want to propose a toast to an absent - and sorely missed - friend.
The only reason I went was because I was hoping to get somewhere with this particular female workmate I used to go out nightclubbing with, but I was sorely disappointed for almost 2 years.
Nine horse were killed outright and are now being slaughtered for their meat, and another twenty-eight are sorely injured, and will soon have to be butchered.
White was sorely tempted by the smothering move 1.Nf7 + winning the exchange, and played it.
sorely wounded
Needless to say, this approach is sorely needed in an increasingly polarised world.
David was a very loving husband and father and he will be sorely missed.
As such a symbol, it will be sorely missed.
Innovation is sorely lacking in so many areas of life, he said.
Without the Student Loan Scheme, university students would continue to pursue the lofty academic courses whose demise is being so sorely lamented.
If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
The room was sorely in need of a fresh coat of paint.
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. Nelson Mandela
David was a very loving husband and father and he will be sorely missed.
I get this in singles (for the backmatter, of course) but I was sorely tempted to get the trades for the intros and the new wraparound covers. Criminal: The Deluxe Edition? I’m starting to save my pennies now! | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
Her constant whining about missing him sorely tempted me to ask why on earth she had come. Times, Sunday Times
The Slavophiles saw this in action in the peasant communes, and believed that communalism in conjunction with Christian communal worship would become the source of Russia's sorely needed moral and cultural regeneration.
The upsurge of hope and optimism is welcome and sorely needed. Times, Sunday Times
Yet he must have been sorely tempted to have given it a whirl. The Sun
Not that he was not sorely tempted. THE GUARDSMEN
That romance was sorely tested through the closing holes yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
They would feed directly into stronger domestic demand, sorely needed by business. Times, Sunday Times
The FIGC does not want to and indeed cannot change the sanctions agreed by the Federal Court, " noted Commissioner Guido Rossi. "Anyone who thinks this is an end of season sale is sorely mistaken.
But those who want him to stop talking off it are going to be sorely disappointed. The Sun
My current gardener is a lazy so-and-so and I'm sorely tempted to give him his marching orders.
Heaven knows we need them - and they were often sorely neglected in the past.
The establishment of such a link is sorely needed if we aim for a better understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying intra - and inter-locus additivity and nonadditivity. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Like most war photographers his moral sense was often sorely tested. Times, Sunday Times
By the time I reached the end of the bulletin I was sorely tempted to ring my brother and chortle down the telephone.
But the company sorely needs some stability in its executive team. Times, Sunday Times
If a major crisis occurred the United States might find itself sorely embarrassed and perhaps ultimately drawn into the affray.
He even put an arm lightly about the small of her back before a sailor-and-girl pitched into them from behind, sorely treading his left big toe and knocking Magda asprawl with them. The Worst Years of Your Life
we were sorely taxed to keep up with them
Her constant whining about missing him sorely tempted me to ask why on earth she had come. Times, Sunday Times
Without the Student Loan Scheme, university students would continue to pursue the lofty academic courses whose demise is being so sorely lamented.
Mr. Doherty contends that what we "sorely" need as a nation is Ayn Rand's "consistent, passionate, and even heroic defense of American freedom. The Right and Rand's No-Comfort Zones
The entire thing angers me enough that I remain sorely tempted to give the whole thing up and make it somebody else’s problem. Waldo Jaquith - Should I shut down the aggregator?
In my heart there is a secret. It is contained in only four words-l miss you sorely.
The room was sorely in need of a fresh coat of paint.
The 'RINO arguments', as you put it is once again sorely misrepresented in you statement. Sound Politics: Statewide Bloodbath
In my heart there is a secret. It is contained in only four words-l miss you sorely.
Respect, which he feels was sorely lacking from his title rival on the race track, seems to be earned after Toronto. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
It enabled the New Zealanders to get behind the enemy position and sorely troubled him for the remainder of the day. Times, Sunday Times
What has been sorely lacking is the pastoral dimension. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
If so, they have been sorely disappointed. Times, Sunday Times
Such information is often sorely lacking in many accounts, although one mistake was encountered.
The club's guestbook has many tributes to this delightful gentleman, who will be sorely missed.
First, I would have been sorely tempted to believe that some kind soul called Concordia had found it and been thoughtful enough to email me personally, in a wholly selfless attempt to reunite me with my brolly.
For those old Labourites who are hoping he will adopt Liberal Democrat Foreign Policy, they are likely to be sorely disappointed.
His catalogue of recordings comprises a splendid memorial, but he will be sorely missed; opera in Britain is the poorer for his passing.
I'd be sorely disappointed in the Guardian if it advocated capital punishment.
But if the critics were anticipating a recantation of his views on politics and art they were sorely disappointed.
That is what was sorely lacking in the most recent round. Times, Sunday Times
In a 1919 study written by Harvard economics professor Robert F. Foerster, Italian immigrants were found to be sorely lacking the American work ethic. A Renegade History of the United States
If undergraduates or postgraduates believe free banking means significant discounts are the norm for student overdrafts, loans and credit cards, they will be sorely disappointed.
But maintaining them for the future requires a consistency and a resolve that have been sorely lacking in recent years. Times, Sunday Times
The room was sorely in need of a fresh coat of paint.
The waves were strong, The Heart of Isis laboured heavily and the men were tested sorely, but by nightfall they had cleared the island without finding safe harbor.
Whitehall in the beginning of this war, that the vicinage of Europe had not only a right, but an indispensable duty and an exigent interest, to denunciate this new work, before it had produced the danger we have so sorely felt, and which we shall long feel. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)
The road from Dearsley's pay-shed to the cantonment was a narrow and uneven one, and, traversed by three very inexperienced palanquin-bearers, one of whom was sorely battered about the head, must have been a path of torment. Indian Tales
If he's trying to pick a fight to drum up some publicity, he's sorely overestimating the number of people who read this blog.
If Ian McGeechan was hoping that this tour would build some genuine team spirit and confidence amongst the mixture of old lags and tyros who made up the Scotland test side yesterday, then he was sorely mistaken.
I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't.
As it is, literally having to watch the grass grow starts to sorely try the patience.
As a teacher, I challenge my students every day to think, reflect, and respond critically to everything they may read or hear (I dare not call my pedagogical approach the "Anti-Palin Doctrine", but I am sorely tempted). Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"
She didn't mind that, but she sorely missed just being by herself, alone with her thoughts.
The farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely perplexed, always afraid of being cheated.
Indeed, forensic evidence in the case is sorely lacking. Times, Sunday Times
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot of acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain
Presently a stray ekka, drawn by a sorely weary-looking mule, appeared on the scene, and we seized upon it instantly, loaded it up with most of the baggage, and despatched coolies with the rest. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
The upsurge of hope and optimism is welcome and sorely needed. Times, Sunday Times
It was the recipe for one of the most original television programmes of the 90s, and sorely missed.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot of acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain
And that really makes me wonder how I'm going to eventually react to the film adaptation, because if it's been diverted from the story that this book tells, and given some glossy "teen romp" veneer that pollutes so many movies, I'm going to be sorely disappointed. Rabid Reads: "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
When every state is slashing social programs for the most vulnerable, this is a welcome, but sorely inadequate, assistance. Pavlina R. Tcherneva: Women Want Jobs, Not Handouts
You're sorely tempted, and you are annoyed with yourself for being so easily led.
We are embarrassed by the two technologies' mutual exclusivity, just as we blush and groan when computer-generated graphics stick out sorely from live action.
I was sorely tempted to say exactly what I thought of his offer.
Her expression bespoke good news, a commodity that had been sorely lacking since that morning's sodden sunrise. Kingdoms of Light
My curry was sorely underwhelming in flavor, but the satay was a crisp and dignified representation of the avian species. MIT Admissions
He was precious, irreplaceable and will be sorely missed. Times, Sunday Times
What about sorely-needed education and health policies to restore the badly run-down public systems?
I for one was sorely disappointed.
He was a loving member of our family and will be sorely missed by both family and friends.
The connection with the royal family, which had been thrust upon Clarendon to his indignation and sorely against his will, proved a new source of anxiety and dispeace. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02
This is the kind of though-provoking journalism sorely lacking in some of our more prominent rags.
Crawford says Blue Heron officials insist a soundstage is sorely needed to boost film revenues here.
I am a stranger , and have been a wanderer, sorely against my will.
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. Nelson Mandela
In a society where instant gratification is the norm, patience is a value our children sorely need to learn.
Some of the boys wore caps, or little white hats with the crown pushed in all around, and, though it wasn't muddy and didn't look as though it were going to rain, each one of them had his "britches" turned up, and that puzzled the mountain boy sorely; but no matter why they did it, he wouldn't have to turn his up, for they didn't come to the tops of his shoes. The Heart of the Hills
Cries and Whispers is arguably the greatest film ever made-noone knew how to work with women better; he will be sorely missed. — edwin carvel Ingmar Bergman, Famed Director, Dies at 89 - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
What is it in Jesus Christ that calls the sorely-tempted one to Him? Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord
It is the isolated Pagans who need to know they are not alone and that there is someplace they can get the items they need for their altars, rituals and everyday life as well as sorely needed moral support.
Like James the First, however, the present possessor of this authority was more pleased in talking about prerogative than in exercising it; and excepting that he imprisoned two poachers in the dungeon of the old tower of Tully-Veolan, where they were sorely frightened by ghosts, and almost eaten by rats, and that he set an old woman in the jougs (or Scottish pillory) for saying 'there were mair fules in the laird's ha' house than Davie Waverley — Volume 1
But buyers who expected to see a dramatic difference in their anatomies were sorely disappointed.
But if the home support, who took great delight in barracking their Palace counterparts before turning their ire on their own players, expected a rout, they were to be sorely disappointed.
We're sorely tempted to hitch a lift back to the capital. Times, Sunday Times
Feel free to shred it into tiny little pieces (as I was sorely tempted to do when I finished Ulysses after two months of struggling through, which my beautiful and supersmart sister told me would have been in the spirit of the book … I do love her sense of humor). Some Random Thoughts on Reading That Totally Might Not Be Worth Reading But I’m Posting Them Anyway… « Looking for Roots
He soon found out, however, that he had been sorely mistaken.
Sabine was sorely tempted to throw her drink in his face.
My packing list would probably be quite useless now, as it is constantly under revision, and I will probably end up taking too much stuff I don't need (because of my stubborn refusal to actually follow anyone's advice, no matter how many times I hear it - though I promise *promise* to only take one pair of jeans) and will inevitably not take something that will sorely be missed (because of lack of space/available weight, or again because I don't listen). A Week And A Day
Many of the soldiers were absolutely without funds, but these two civilians extended them the assistance so sorely needed out of their own pockets, purchasing food-stuffs from the canteen, which they distributed together with other articles which were in urgent request, with every liberality. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
As a warrior I'm afraid that your friend is sorely overmatched.
Truly, Fate and Father Time had tricked him sorely.
His one-time shirt and breeches were now littered with rips and tears, and his body sorely needed a bath.
He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him and the world is truly a lesser place without him.
Here was a dilemma for the monkish student! whose vow of obedience to patristical guidance was thus sorely perplexed; he read and re-read, analyzed passage after passage, interpreted word after word; and yet, poor man, his laborious study was fruitless and unprofitable! Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
After all, my collection of portable fighting games is sorely lacking at the moment.
I for one will sorely miss his banter as he cruised past the trip boat.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot of acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain
She is sorely missed by her family, her colleagues, and her friends throughout the world.
She was sorely tempted to throw the wine in his face.
As a teacher, I challenge my students every day to think, reflect, and respond critically to everything they may read or hear I dare not call my pedagogical approach the "Anti-Palin Doctrine", but I am sorely tempted. Cheryl Lubin: Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"
Hundreds of letters later it is evident he will be sorely missed by you, our readers, too.
Like James the first, however, the present possessor of this authority was more pleased in talking about prerogative than in exercising it; and, excepting that he imprisoned two poachers in the dungeon of the old tower of Tully-Veolan, where they were sorely frightened by ghosts, and almost eaten by rats, and that he set an old woman in the jougs (or Scottish pillory) for saying ` ` there were mair fules in the laird's ha 'house than Davie Gellatley,' ' The Waverley
Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.
It gave him perseverance, a quality sorely needed when he chose the uncertain life of an artist.
This is cash we sorely need to bring down the deficit and fund schools and hospitals. The Sun
Sister dearest, Jaun delivered himself with express cordia-lity, marked by clearance of diction and general delivery, as he began to take leave of his scolastica at once so as to gain time with deep affection, we honestly believe you sorely will miss us the moment we exit yet we feel as a martyr to the dischurch of all duty that it is about time, by Great Harry, we would shove off to stray on our long last journey and not be the load on ye. Finnegans Wake
We were sorely missed no doubt, though no rescue attempts have been made.
It was so long since I'd been roofless; I was sorely tempted to turn round and go back to the house. GALILEE
Hogni said, “Do according to thy will; merrily will I abide whatso thou writ do against me; and thou shalt see that my heart is not adrad, for hard matters have I made trial of ere now, and all things that may try a man was I fain to bear, whiles yet I was unhurt; but now sorely am I hurt, and thou alone henceforth will bear mastery in our dealings together.” The Story of the Volsungs
In my heart there is a secret. It is contained in only four words-l miss you sorely.
His pace and fancy footwork have been sorely missed since he limped out of the Wales defeat last year. The Sun
Survivor was full of similarly magical touches, but it sorely lacked a coherent narrative and a judicious editor. Times, Sunday Times
Given the saddening condition of my sleeplessness, I was sorely in need of a nap.
For those old Labourites who are hoping he will adopt Liberal Democrat Foreign Policy, they are likely to be sorely disappointed.
New or original material is sorely lacking, and any non-mainstream artist is ignored.
Their patience was sorely tested as yet another delay to the scheduled service was announced.

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