How to Use miserable in a Sentence

miserable

adjective

• I've had a miserable cold for the past week.
• He lived in a miserable little shack.
• He had a miserable childhood.
• He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce.
• My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.
• This kind of mockery may feel good in the moment, but it’s made of such empty, miserable calories.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
• Flying in a middle seat in a cramped section of the airplane really doesn’t have to be a miserable experience.
  — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
• And she should be stalked for the rest of her miserable life.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• After the miserable April, here are three things to look for in May.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2023
• Here’s how to feel a little less miserable in the week ahead.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Mar. 2024
• Who wouldn’t want to open an app with a miserable green owl on it?
  — The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
• That’s about ⅓ of our lives, and an awful lot of time to be miserable.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2022
• As miserable as the past year has been, the next one will probably be worse.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
• The Lakers are still sub-. 500 after a miserable start to the season.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
• The Lakers set a franchise low with the 54th loss of their miserable season.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• The cold also made life miserable for those who lost their homes.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
• If that doesn’t happen, life is too short to be miserable.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Most people who come to work are miserable, but that wasn’t Jim.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
• But the tour was a disaster—the press noted that both prince and princess looked miserable.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
• But how miserable are those who fall and don’t have a companion to help them up!
  — Alexa Tucker, Woman's Day, 1 June 2022
• But the previous year, 2022, was a miserable one for the whole stock market.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• Their miserable race in their homeport of Chicago in June seemed to still haunt them.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2022
• And the great Benedict Cumberbatch, of all actors, is the most miserable of all.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
• More than 200 viruses cause the coughs and sneezes that make so many of us miserable every fall and winter.
  — Keren Landman, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
• Before his run-in with the deputy, Brock already was having a miserable day.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The Furies of ancient Greece and Rome were also divine, a trio of miserable hags with snakes for hair.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The statewide primary turnout two years ago was a miserable 28%.
  — Jay Reddick, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024
• Shehzad was rocking back and forth on the other end of the bed, looking miserable.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
• Bradley was miserable in spring training, then opened the season 2-for-17.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• Running it can be miserable in the moment, but thoughts about it change as the months go by afterward.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024