How to Use sorely in a Sentence
sorely
adverb- The house is sorely in need of paint.
- You will be sorely missed.
- He is sorely lacking in social skills.
- She provided some sorely needed help.
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Both sat out the Falcons game, and the Browns sorely missed them.
— cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022 -
It’s also sorely missed when the cruise ships are not in the city.
— al, 8 Dec. 2022 -
One item sorely missed on Bruce's car was the rear bumper.
— Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 -
The king of spin, the cheeky slice of Australiana that will be sorely missed.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2022 -
In that sense—and that sense alone—it will be sorely missed.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Charley was a great man and will be sorely missed by all.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022 -
That pain, said Dalio, will be very sorely felt over the next few years.
— Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022 -
Adele has been sorely missed in the U.K., where her comeback track is hurtling to the top spot.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2021 -
The 6-foot-7 Knox provides length that the Blazers sorely need.
— Afentres, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Moscow sorely needs the new bomber, its first in more than 40 years.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2022 -
You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over.
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022 -
You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over. ...
— Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Our goal is to get the resources that are sorely needed here.
— Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Her impact on the defensive end was sorely missed as the Storm racked up 30 points in the paint.
— Eli McKown, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023 -
With it, the return of the practice reports that were so sorely missed in the 2020 season.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2021 -
The June Bug is exterminated and left out of the film, and sorely missed.
— Samuel Maude, ELLE, 11 Aug. 2023 -
She will be sorely missed, but will live in the heart of those who loved her forever!
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024 -
His passing is a huge loss to the industry, and he will be sorely missed.
— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 5 Mar. 2022 -
There could be some camera upgrades, which the phone sorely needs.
— Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 20 July 2023 -
Whether Houck and Sale can provide the boost the club sorely needs will be a huge factor in the Sox’ ultimate fate.
— Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023 -
Some, like Nichols — who is 76 herself — said a changing of the guard is sorely needed.
— Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023 -
Butch Trucks and singer/keyboardist Gregg Allman both died in 2017 and are sorely missed.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Mar. 2022 -
That sort of focus has been sorely lacking for decades.
— Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024 -
On Sunday, in a squeaking 17-16 win over the Colts, Davis’s run-stuffing was sorely missed.
— Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022 -
But if fans expected the current war to reach a crescendo in the eighth and final episode, they would have been sorely disappointed with what transpired – or rather, with what didn't.
— Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 -
The garden is situated in the Little Italy section of lower Manhattan, that sorely lacks open space, let alone green open space.
— Steven Hyman, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
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