How to Use poorly in a Sentence

poorly

adverb

• However, the moon seems poorly named given the lack of snow chances for the rest of the month.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• The only thing that gives me pause is how poorly trained his dog is.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• The album sold poorly, and it was ripped apart by critics.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
• Trump was a big part of the reason that the United States fared so poorly in the pandemic.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• The eighth graders who did poorly on the history and civics tests are already in high school.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 5 May 2023
• No one will say the project is going poorly in practice.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2023
• But the list of chores that pose a serious health risk if done poorly is fairly short.
  — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
• When a team starts a game poorly, however, the chance to reset can be a blessing.
  — Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Her mother was poorly paid and struggled to earn a living wage.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• But what is true is that both stocks and bonds performed poorly over much of the last two years, especially in 2022.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• This cover performed poorly on the abrasion test—sanding caused both rips and holes in the fabric.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2024
• The chances are that a cheap essay will be plagiarized or poorly written.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• Opening day in Wrigley Field went poorly for the offense, with Luis Urías getting injured, to boot.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
• Marsden began feeling poorly in the middle of a 2002 flu surge.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
• The albums sold poorly, and Mr. Nelson grew more and more frustrated by his lack of agency.
  — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• From their model, the researchers learned a few important aspects of what can cause polyA to go well or poorly.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2024
• Many jails were poorly equipped to care for these people, according to notes by agency staff.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
• Many of the shells, according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials, have been old and performed poorly, with a high dud rate.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The video is amateurish, lit poorly and shot from below Bryan’s knees at his sweaty face.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
• Bird’s dramatic save late in Game 5 sealed the win, while 76ers star Julius Erving played so poorly in Game 3 that he was booed by hometown fans.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• In the film a band called Black Roses tease their hair high, play tacky instruments poorly, and tour in a fleet of Lamborghinis.
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2024
• If the member performs poorly, is the HOA board going to hold that person to the same standard as any other service provider?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
• All of this bodes poorly for anyone who hoped after last year that the tide was turning against ransomware actors.
  — WIRED, 12 July 2023
• Much like face-lifts of the past, lip lifts used to be skin-only operations, and tended to scar poorly and fail quickly.
  — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
• There are longtail networks, which are poorly viewed with low ratings.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• In the middle of the angry words there may be a legitimate complaint that is just expressed poorly.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
• The stock market opened poorly, with the Dow dropping by 450 points, and the cryptocurrency market is following the same trend.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
• In this case, Jeremy has a very shallow belly button which can be poorly seen in some photos.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Jan. 2024
• At the same time, Mr. Trump fares poorly among highly engaged voters, like those who vote in special elections.
  — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• But China is now poorly positioned to engineer such a shift.
  — Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024