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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Ah, the quirkiness of the minors was sorely missed last year.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 22 Mar. 2022
• That sort of focus has been sorely lacking for decades.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• Republicans expecting a red wave were sorely disappointed, as Democrats almost held on to the House of Representatives and, defying all predictions, gained a seat in the Senate.
  — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
• Anyone looking to Manifesto for a distillation of how to bring nuance and understatement to a performance is going to be sorely disappointed.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024