Sorely

Examples

• But it had been a hard fight to make the world take what it sorely needed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• One King, holding the curse in light estimation, made the attempt, but was stricken sorely for his presumption. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Ye'd see yoursel' 'at William's sorely changed--fair paired. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He sadly and sorely missed Little Dorrit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It troubled me sorely to see her looking back, at the beginning of her career, just as I look back at the end of mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When I came to think over what I had discovered, I was sorely perplexed what to do next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There was no choice but to give it up again and return to the sofa, sorely against my will. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Will had bruised her pride too sorely for her to feel any compunction towards him and Dorothea: her own injury seemed much the greater. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I got some water, I got some bread: for perhaps I should have to walk far; and my strength, sorely shaken of late, must not break down. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It was a sorely stricken man who lay before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then, indeed, I must ask pardon of the honourable member, whom I must have sorely aggrieved. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I was sorely tempted to hint that he was now wronging her as she had wronged him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• So this spoiled child of a King went and lay down on the bed with his face to the wall, and grieved sorely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He is sorely taken aback, too, by the dutiful behaviour of his nephew and has a woeful consciousness upon him of being a scapegrace. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Clennam had been poring late over his books and letters; for the waiting-rooms of the Circumlocution Office ravaged his time sorely. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He plunged into the carnage of a hundred battles, but his good Excalibur always brought him out alive, albeit often sorely wounded. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They're sorely comed down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Give me, for I need it sorely, Of that courage, wise and sweet, Which has made the path of duty Green beneath your willing feet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As I had promised for them, the other servants followed my lead, sorely against the grain, of course, but all taking the view that I took. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It's out o' no ill-will that I'm here, for my part; it's just to mak a effort to get things straightened, for they're sorely a-crooked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I might redeem myself--I am sorely tempted--' 'How? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You still speak scornfully, and cynically, and sorely; but I will make you change your note before I have done with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I handed the paper back to Mr. Franklin, sorely troubled what to say to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I felt it sorely. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Between his attachment to Rachel, and his attachment to me, he was sorely puzzled and distressed at the turn things had taken. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I felt sorely urged to weep; but conscious how unseasonable such a manifestation would be, I restrained it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I was sorely tempted to accompany her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Wickfield, sorely troubled and distressed, was leaning forward, irresolutely touching the Doctor's arm. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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