Grievously

Usage examples of sorely.

Now this cheaping irked Ralph sorely, as was like to be, whereas, as hath been told, he came from a land where were no thralls, none but vavassors and good yeomen: yet he abode till all was done, hansel paid, and the thralls led off by their new masters.

But, in this respect, the Hallichek Ambassadress and her Embassy staff were sorely hampered.

The acrobat was sorely bedeviled by the skeleton rider, for that traitor from the past was swatting at Erejzan, trying to slay him with a bloodstained sword.

In fact they are often sorely needed under such circumstances to assist in digesting a meal that may have been eaten some hours previously.

His excitement and impatience were getting the better of him, too, and he was sorely tempted to aid Doli in squeezing Gwystyl.

I was sorely tempted to plant Jack a facer on seeing him take you up in his arms.

I was sorely embarrassed, but my relief that he was not Fust more than consoled me.

The worthy syndic had an engagement on the following day, and I sorely needed a holiday myself.

Marlowe, with his nervous system jangling, was sorely tempted to remove it with a blast of self-propelled 10mms.

Petyr said that Prince Lewyn had been sorely wounded by the time the tide of battle swept him to his final dance with Lady Forlorn, but added.

A sorely garbled comment, closely resembling an oath, sufficed as a promise of compliance.

In such wise that eleven stout sworders of Witchland were slain by him, and fifteen besides were sorely wounded.

He was sorely tempted to do so, but he knew perfectly well how Claudia would react to his unheralded arrival at that time of night.

He has less than half the number of warriors, though we have been sorely wounded by the tsunami slaying some of our best samurai.

The land had belonged to Melwas, the client King of the Belgae whom Arthur had sent in punishment to Isca, and it was land we sorely missed for its loss brought Cerdic very close to the rich estates about Durnovaria and also meant that his ships were just minutes away from Ynys Wit, the great island that the Romans had called Vectis and which lay just off our coast.