miserable
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“The band came off the set miserable because we couldn’t really hear ourselves,” she says, “but our worst shows are most people’s best.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
"I fear that I would have ended up being a world champion but a very depressed, sad and miserable world champion."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Seyboth, the technology employee, left his job at the software company Tango last year, and now regularly hears from former colleagues at a range of companies who are miserable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“The economy feels a bit miserable right now. And I’m shifting from autopilot to a more intentional strategy.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026
“If we stayed angry or sad all of the time, things would still be hard, but we’d be miserable on top of it.”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing miserable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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Charlotte's Web
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