| 单词 | miserable |
| 例句 | Stew Cat was huddled in a miserable ball over in a comer, Timothy said, not enjoying it at all. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally guessed that winters at the Smoke were cold and miserable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The long marches were grueling, miserable, boring—and, without warning, deadly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It should be the end of my miserable life, but someone catches me, holding me as I dangle by a single arm above doom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He never complained, but he was basically miserable driving a taxi up and down the highway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You are cold; you look miserable. The chocolate will soon be hot. But would you rather have a taste of brandy? I have scarcely touched the bottle which you brought me for my cold.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I explained how Dad had been miserable since he’d lost his job, no matter how many times he claimed, “It’s all good.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Most look terrified, or angry, or simply miserable. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Moss sucked in his breath, relieved, but still miserable. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So proud and high were their heads, I saw for the first time how miserable were the real horses plodding the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Anna goes to see him; they fight, and both feel miserable. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I suppose you’re right. Now, let’s see if we can’t generate a few more miracles between the two of us and save some of these miserable people.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He sneered and jeered and raised old scandals, and would not stop making everyone there miserable until Thor arrived at the feast. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He glanced across the table at her, and she looked pretty miserable as well. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you say that you don’t capture it? That you just make it miserable?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman pats my shoulder once, then turns to make someone else miserable. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “And what a miserable fish raw. I will never go in a boat again without salt or limes.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Others looked thin, hungry, and miserable, as if they wished they were somewhere else. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “One thing my mother did not whisper in my father’s ear during that long miserable crossing. And because a great many were deadly seasick, no remark was made of her illness.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I told you, and you didn’t listen. Now your precious hideout is burning, and I’m gonna hunt down all your little friends and put all their miserable hides with the rest of my collection.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I’d only make myself more miserable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Everything everywhere was miserable, and that pretty much summed up my life at the moment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Fifteen years ago he was the manager of a mud show: a ragtag group of pellagra-riddled performers dragged from town to town by miserable thrush-hoofed horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I want to throw my miserable, complaining, excuse- making mouth from my face and get on with it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They spent a miserable day in this lonely and unpleasant country. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I’ve been taking valerian every day to fight the anxiety and depression, but it doesn’t stop me from being even more miserable the next day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They listened to the wild, rough laughter of Count Olaf and his theater troupe, and they picked at their own portions of food, too miserable to eat. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Oh! no, no, no—how can you suspect me of such a thing? I was the most miserable wretch!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I’m so miserable mad, it hurts, but there ain’t nobody to hit or cuss, so all I can do is go home and mope around, thinking of things I’d like to do to Tyler Croft. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She hissed as her body gave a collective, miserable throb of pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I rolled over on my stomach and gave a long, miserable moan. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wondered how miserable life with the Mulemans must have been to make Lice Peeking look like a prize. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was late winter, still cold and miserable, and she was bundled up in a long woolen coat that nearly reached the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on up on the bed, Charley. Let’s be miserable together.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The efficiency of the Japanese food-processing industry is a miserable 32 percent that of ours. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What are these other miserable creatures to you, Plumpen?” he snapped. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In a low miserable voice I said, “Miss Love, I, uh, I didn’t treat him so good myself.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Rumpy might be a miserable specimen compared to the other males, but he was still a large animal with lethal-looking fangs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The miserable little encounter had nothing to do with me, the me of me, any more than it had to do with that silly clerk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This often happens when we are very miserable, because then the body’s defenses against disease are weakened. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z No wonder these poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment my soul was elevated from its debasing and miserable fears to contemplate the divine ideas of liberty and self-sacrifice of which these sights were the monuments and the remembrancers. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prime Minister felt it himself; people really did seem more miserable than usual. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “He’s not worth listening to or getting upset over. He just wants to make everyone else as miserable as he is.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were all miserable, cold, and completely filthy, since the last of the soap had been saved for Green, who stood all day in the greasy smoke of the blubber stoves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Seeing how miserable Petra looked, Calder patted her on the back. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t do anything at all except make herself more miserable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t try any funny stuff with Isa. Remember, I have all the time in the world to make your life miserable.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “We don’t know what you have done, but we wouldn’t have you starved to death for it, poor miserable fellow-creatur.—Would us, Pip?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The company workers were crowded together in miserable barracks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much, because as we push forward, we will make plenty more.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Perched on top of the rock was the most miserable little shack you could imagine. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Not that she dissects and ponders the dusty mechanical bits of her miserable life’s curse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no! The lord of the great horns pursues wise, miserable Gurgi with leaping and galloping. Gurgi fears terrible smackings and whackings. He follows kindly and mighty protectors. Faithful Gurgi will not leave them, never!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But the day my mom floated into my room, she was anything but miserable. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It had no business shining so gloriously on such a miserable day as this. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The condition of the pack was miserable for travel, but not likely to get any better. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Having lost her courage, in a miserable state of demoralization, Meme had no other recourse but to bear up under it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then I strolled to the camp to relieve my neighbors of the inconvenience of my miserable cur. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To see Pekka brought low, humiliated, miserable and hopeless, the best of his crew dead on pikes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Palmer’s mother had no answer to these questions, so Palmer thought about it some more and concluded that all pigeons must be miserable, wounded or not, and that was why they must be shot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z "I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said to the Lord Primus, when they stopped to feed the horses feedbags of damp oats. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s slightly less miserable now to be out of my cell, out of solitary, and talking to a few people from time to time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On his shoulder, his raven sat fluffed and silent, looking miserable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And to think that that miserable man has his birthday next week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Throughout their conversation, Sticky’s expression had grown more and more dejected, his big eyes sadder and sadder, so that at last his face had taken on the exact gloomy look of that miserable man Milligan. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked—Matt couldn’t quite put a name to it—both relieved and miserable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string with his bill, cawing softly to himself, a miserable sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The night before had been stiflingly hot, and the early morning was already steaming and miserable. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My nerves often get the better of me, especially on Sundays; that’s when I really feel miserable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was a miserable day, gray, damp, and somewhere around the zero mark. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Poems we would never read to that depression-loving group of miserable poets inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They look as tired, hungry, and miserable as any two children I ever saw. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They all three in the front seat, Mae Mobley squeezed in the middle with a look so miserable you think she about to get a tetanus shot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was the size of a normal man by this time, and all the other children made his life miserable. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll make your life miserable if you don’t go along with that protest.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As one private eye put it, he might be a “miserable snake,” but he was also “the silent, secret, and effective Avenger of the outraged Majesty of the Law when everything else fails.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Please, ” shouted Botticelli, “do kill him! He is a miserable excuse for a rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z To drill this, they made us stay in the MAV simulator for three miserable days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that El Patron cared whether they were miserable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Rainwater poured over the brink in a miserable torrent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “And all day long, my father followed us through the fair, carrying his prize, a large, green teddy bear. He was miserable. He kept saying, ‘Fifty-two? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I was miserable, sitting on the edge of her bed in that puddle of meanness. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Less miserable, no. Just a different kind of misery.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And the “Ms.” is probably an unmarried “Ms.” because no one would marry a miserable person like that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, it rained and rained and rained. It was just miserable.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z For more than a year they had waited on a Queen who was petulant, cruel, contradictory, miserable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent is miserable separated from her, he in his hospital bed, she in hers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Gurgi, miserable as a wet owl at being left behind, helped load the saddlebags. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They were far past caring about one miserable mango. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Virginia is hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and miserable all year long,” Clara laughed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Hunched and miserable, he sat on the bank of the stream near his mother’s body. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “And I hate these shoes! And this miserable dress! I don’t care if it’s Eyllwe silk and I’m supposed to be representing my kingdom—the material’s been itching me ever since I put it on!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She remembered how kind he was to her when she’d first arrived, overwhelmed and miserable. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But I was too miserable to care that satyrs existed, or even minotaurs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He must have died so miserable and cold. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Just air in the lungs, you fool, I thought, swallowing down the miserable laugh that welled in my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Yet they did not appear miserable in the least; instead, they were laughing and joking, as though they had just played a game of bowls and not fought a potentially disastrous fire. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why did you rob me of my last consolation? I relied on your innocence, and although I was then very wretched, I was not so miserable as I am now.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sky could be as miserable as I was. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Suffering from a miserable mix of dysentery, headaches, and dizziness, Alvarez quickly slipped from 165 pounds to 135. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Too miserable to eat or even read, for the next two days I mostly lay in my tent with my head in my hands, trying to exert myself as little as possible. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I am miserable, but at least I have shoes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” I said in my most miserable voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Plowing through snow a foot deep with the oxcart all the way back to Redding was going to be miserable work. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave a miserable yelp, and Matthias seemed to shudder at the sound. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I sat down on a gray bench just past the machine and tried to catch my breath, my cough a rattling drizzle, and I felt pretty miserable until I got the cannula back into place. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I hated that Dad was so miserable since he’d lost his job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But these children would turn out to have particularly miserable lives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mostly, I tell him how miserable I am, and he tells me everything is going to be okay. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I'm a kid. I'm thirteen. You said it's a miserable age, being thirteen, and you're right. If you don't fit in, they make your life a misery. Like Floyd Chaceley or Nicholas Briar.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He had “integrated” into a neighborhood of whites who had made his life miserable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They said it showed how powerful the slaveholding South had become, that part of the United States Army should have been called out to assure the return of one miserable fugitive. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Always. They are always awful, but some people are delighted to have a present from a fairy, even if it makes them miserable.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Instead of drivelling away about knots and vacuum cleaners and lions, and making me miserable for weeks and weeks.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the miserable old motor finally died of old age—and no way to know for sure in the dark. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “As thanks for my bravery, Zeus has cut my probation at that miserable camp in half. I now have only fifty years left instead of one hundred.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ill Dr. Talc had been having a miserable week. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl sitting slumped over a few yards away looked like the most miserable creature he'd ever seen. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It felt like sitting in church when the bishop came round to remind us we were miserable sinners. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I turn back to the clock, miserable, whiney. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Buttercup, miserable even with Prim’s constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z How did wheat convince Homo sapiens to exchange a rather good life for a more miserable existence? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I just know that for me, running was like eating and breathing—it was something I had always done, and without it I felt miserable. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z What I discovered made it very clear why Danny was feeling so miserable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Effie had them take her own wine away when she saw the effort he was making, but he’s in a miserable state. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Chaol shook his head, looking at Grave, and at Renault—the mercenary from Skull’s Bay, who, to her satisfaction, also seemed fairly miserable in the cold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And even though I still felt miserable, and knew that I was, most likely, ugly, it was the first time she ever talked to me like I was something besides my mother’s white child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was too old and tired and miserable to think constructively. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sure don’t know why you can’t let Esther have her little whisky, and have her little ways without all the time trying to make her miserable.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the miserable creature was right under her, for the moment out of the reach of her sting and of her claws. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Leo didn’t want to make Hazel miserable all over again, but this was different. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That ignoramus Gowon pledged a miserable, measly amount for more than two million refugees. Did he think it was chickens that died and it is the surviving relatives of those chickens who have returned home?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not to mention that she was the cause of it all, and Eliza looked so miserable. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I sat on the cold stone floor, feeling miserable. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z With a miserable gesture, Harry got up, turned his back on Ginny and on Dumbledore’s tomb, and walked away around the lake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked miserable, seemed to be in pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Fully dressed and fully miserable, the boys climbed into their beds, still going over the message again and again in their heads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She knew how torn up his parents were; she knew how miserable their last twenty-four hours had been. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When he refused to show up for the parades I marched in, this separated me from him that much more, while the events he did show up for left me miserable with embarrassment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether it is from hunger, poison, or sickness, all I know is that I am miserable. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She was so miserable, she didn’t notice Frank until he was standing at her side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, but I die a hero,” said Aziza, “while you, Rose, you spend your entire, miserable life longing for me.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When Brother Leon was happy everybody was happy, when he was miserable everybody was miserable. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad wasn’t the only miserable one since he’d lost his job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t vocalize his concerns, out of fear that he’d just make everyone else feel as miserable as him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The guys on the bench cracked up and Ducky looked miserable. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Ever since your mother locked me into that miserable lamp.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, I am not happy. I am very unhappy and miserable about the whole world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse tried to huddle away from the worst of them, but there was no escaping the miserable invaders. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z As Courtney sees it, the Georgine’s waitresses are miserable in their jobs, but even so, she has recently started working banquets. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Listening to quiet, miserable voices is in his job description. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I always thought that you blew in from somewhere so cool, but you’re just regular. And you don’t make anyone happy anymore like you used to. You make everyone miserable.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When his daughter was miserable she prowled, and Atticus liked his women to be relaxed, not constantly emptying ashtrays. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I’d heard the quills of adult screechers caused a miserable sting and took forever to remove. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I almost said I wanted Mom to open up and express herself, but I’ve gotten too familiar with Dad’s miserable almost-crying-trying-not-to-cry face, and I didn’t want to see it again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I ask, not hiding how miserable I feel. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z One morning she woke up coughing, eyes watering, feeling sick, hot, utterly miserable. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes, miserable and homesick: he did not want to become one of the ghouls. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Sansa tried her best to sound miserable as she bid him a good evening. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I spend enough time thinking about him and don’t have to get you all worked up as well, simply because I’m so miserable! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Ever since then he had been peaked, red-eyed, and miserable; a littlun who played little and cried often. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, indirectly. You may subtract it from my miserable wage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, and chilled, and miserable. I feel as if I had been wound up to a certain pitch—too tight—and something inside of me had snapped.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Tall oaks shaded much of the Mosses’ property, but when the temperature and humidity were both high, we were miserable. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Lincoln replied, “We must both be more cheerful in the future—between the war and the loss of our darling Willie—we have both been very miserable.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As miserable as the slashing rain pellets felt drumming against his eyes and nose, Fred couldn’t help but smile as he and the others trudged onward. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Work had already begun for the day, work that would continue without her when she left them all to this miserable fate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I mean, that honey would still need to be delivered and vegetables would have to be picked and laundry would need to be done when I was so miserable.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But the world does keep turning even when you’re miserable, in case you didn’t know that, so I went to the Chat ’n’ Chew with the honey the way I always do. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It would be miserable kneeling here in the rain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When your options are limited to being miserable in private or being mortified in public, there is no choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Sweet Jesus, Mary Anne. As much as you tease Matt and make his life miserable, it’s stupid to expect him to apologize to you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a miserable person to be around. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I'll bet there's not a single maple tree, much less a whole grove of them, within a mile of this miserable place. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not even come from the servant class, although this was a secret we had to keep from the other servants who would have made her life miserable, had they known. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been miserable to go all day without breakfast. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I was a little annoyed at first since I was the one who suggested writing this thing because I couldn’t stand the miserable look on Lorraine’s face ever since the Pigman died. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He had no reason to feel like a miserable double-dealing villain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We did not even have money sufficient to pay for our miserable night’s stay at the inn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Looking around, I wondered why Halliday, who always claimed to have had a miserable childhood, had later become so nostalgic for it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Some enterprising filarial worms, having worked their way up into his eyeballs, started making him blind, and he grew very gaunt and miserable. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if Caleb was miserable, it would not be an option. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Kissinger, frustrated by his inability to wring concessions from the Communists, told Nixon they were “tawdry, miserable, filthy people....They never, never do anything that isn’t tawdry.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Anything, anything was better than that long, cold, miserable weekend, and perhaps Ryan had found a way of repairing the motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Buck did not like her, but he was feeling too miserable to resist her, taking it as part of the day’s miserable work. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z When Daddy wrote that one down, he looked as miserable as could be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z After our miserable lunch, I gave up the idea that there would ever be a good time to tell her the news: that Rich Schields and I were getting married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure I knew what a behaviorist was, and I didn’t want to make him more miserable by asking him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The beast that had prevented Roza from escaping the yard of that horrible suburban house was the largest, ugliest, most miserable dog that Roza had ever seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z All this so good—so good that it was almost worth while to be miserable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He followed me wildly into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: "Oh, God!" in a miserable way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Like a man suffering much because he can smell food but not touch it, he would watch his family take their miserable portion of thin soup, refusing himself to take his share. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Because you are the one who filled her with them. Making her believe she could change our miserable fortune with an impossible story! Ridiculous!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z To master the art of ignoring pain, future pniese had to subject themselves to such miserable experiences as running barelegged through brambles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was an impossible woman, but a sight better than having Jean Louise permanently home and miserable. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By the time the cab reached her apartment on Seventy-seventh Street, I was thoroughly miserable. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my shoulder,” I lied, trying to sound miserable, which wasn’t hard. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He was cramped and miserable, having nothing to do but stare at the winter-lands crawling by and the grey water on either side of him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z After eight churches turned him away in Chengdu, Shin made the long, miserable bus trip back to Beijing, where for ten days he refocused his job search on Korean restaurants. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Kaltain? Thankfully, not recently. But what a miserable day it was! The pups are mutts, and—” He put his head in his hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s like when I’m in a mood, being miserable is the only thing that makes me happy. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t realized how lonely and miserable I’d become until I went down into the wilds of Big Branch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “What a miserable business. Two years of reading Freud, and I have to end up doing experimental psychology.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My mother peeked into the oven with a firm, miserable aspect on her face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t want to do anything, really, except sit in my room and feel miserable. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I’m lonely and miserable and think of you always and hope you will write me right away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She took a step back toward the steps, but the cat stayed where it was, looking miserable and, oddly, much smaller. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “I’m perfectly miserable, but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, they’re all alive and making each other miserable. Too spiteful to die, if you ask me. They moved into some relatives’ house in Delaware. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Izzi walks away, lonely and miserable, I hate the fact that it’s me who has made her feel that way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to make him miserable, I want to put him on his guard!” retorted Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her father’s second marriage had only made her life miserable, and she had never respected Ana’s single-minded quest for a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately all the past miserable months fell away from him as he stood breathing the hot, well-remembered odor of molten gold and hearing the chiming of a little hammer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I just— Sister Ailan—” She sat down in one of the armchairs, a miserable expression on her face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The idea was to put on the witness stand black passengers who would testify to how Jim Crow had made their lives miserable while they were just trying to get from place to place. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They who work selfishly for results are miserable. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Not that she wanted me to be miserable. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I wandered on, wet and miserable, looking for a place to conceal myself, hoping I might stumble upon the Green Man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But he had plenty money and we were all miserable. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Blotchy face? Old, saggy skin? That miserable fool. Of course I remember him." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My brothers did their best to make me miserable, as brothers are inclined to do at times. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the one day a year they all stop acting so miserable and actually let themselves have a good time,” Nina replied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He looked miserable in a coat and necktie, and he didn’t hang around for the reception. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me my father had lured her away from “a miserable dreary hell” with sweet music and sweeter words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Dunlap, who was maybe perfectly happy or perfectly miserable, married with kids or a bachelor. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I was going to be really tired and cold and miserable soon enough, and it would be nice to have the food and the wine to look forward to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do you deny it, you miserable little gumboil? Do you plead not guilty?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z We suffered together for two or three miserable, feverish, itchy days, while Mother applied cocoa butter and ice packs. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z We did what we were told, stepping over the miserable crowd and up the stairs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And all three of the children felt less miserable than they had since their arrival at Count Olaf’s. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He’d taken a brave, miserable boy and fed him on hate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When Khubchand, his beloved, blind, bald, incontinent seventeen-year-old mongrel decided to stage a miserable, long- drawn-out death, Estha nursed him through his final ordeal as though his own life somehow depended on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked bored and miserable as he huddled there alone, but Jon would have traded places with him in an instant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It had been a long, miserable weekend, not improved any with Monday being the Fourth of July. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I feel more miserable than I have in months. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She was too miserable to react to the ice in his voice. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Squeezing between the racks, I think about how miserable this place must be on a Saturday. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He could not understand why his mother had to make this weary, miserable pilgrimage to an unknown place, to a strange man who was holy and was dying. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Brute’s life was still hateful, still confined, still miserable and unnatural. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It had been a miserable failure, of course. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Got so miserable on the school bus, with him pulling my ears and singing that song he made up, that I took to riding my bike. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I am left alone with all the miserable people. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z My stomach was really cramping up, and by the time I got up to the fourth floor, I was really miserable. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z So, though I feel miserable, I labor well for this misery of a person. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Choker-girl, our dark and miserable morale officer, has learned to fake positive comments when under the captain’s glaring eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "I did not come here to make you sad, Vicky. I did not find you your star to make you miserable." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We had spent the entire meal purposely making things miserable for her. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a thousand ideas to make my life miserable and he never stopped thinking up more. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Ghosh told Ashoke that he had recently returned to India after spending two years in England on a job voucher, but that he had come back home because his wife was inconsolably miserable abroad. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z These babies were born into a country where, unless you belonged to the Ceaugescu clan or the Communist elite, life was miserable. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Well, you kind of made my life miserable for a while,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had to tell my mother—that I knew what she was doing, her scheming ways of making me miserable. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was miserable because I had to play volleyball, and the one time I didn’t cringe out of the way of the ball, I hit my teammate in the head with it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her miserable days in the mansion were spent planning how to make an earring out of the box which would house her name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was crying, only a boy, famous hero or not: a poor miserable virgin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Alexia was going to make my life miserable. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z His eyes smouldered with anger, but he could not avenge himself: his miserable enemy lay grovelling on the stones whimpering. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, when she reentered the drawing room in triumph, no one paid her any attention, and everything was exactly the same—tired, miserable adults sipping tea and smoking in silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This went on for a few days, and then Mother took the opportunity to warn him about Mrs. van D., who could make life miserable for him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, church music was a rather more sombre affair, and the ordinary churchgoer prior to the Protestant Reformation is likely to have found singing in church a miserable, largely non- partidpatory activity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, and chilled, and miserable. I feel as if I had been wound up to a certain pitch—too tight— and something inside of me had snapped.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The best I could, I told her the miserable details, careful not to leave anything out: Rosaleen practicing writing her name, the three men taunting her, how she poured snuff juice on their shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the bird made Cole curse every second of his miserable and haphazard life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The chimpanzees often seemed miserable in the rain. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But when we met up outside ten minutes later, togged up and ready to go, Katz was looking miserable. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted silence to make him as miserable as it had made me. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t mentioned Harp and Gully lately, but I knew, sooner or later, just like that miserable winter weather, them boys would return. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Although he brightens a bit when I come in, it's clear he feels miserable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Even when they were safely away from the inn, and Catelyn Stark slowed them to a trot, it was a miserable pounding journey over rough ground, made worse by his blindness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His little face looked so miserable I wanted to kick myself. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When people received the message from the miserable messenger, they went into hiding in the forest that very night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Tyler Croft, you’re a thief! I hope you die, you miserable piece of crud!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “And at the proper time of day, for a change? It’s a lovely evening, if my nose says right. We ought to try not to be more miserable than we can help, you know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she tried to interest me in it, when I was thirteen and miserable and at loose ends. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother and I know how hard you are on yourself. There’s no punishment that’s going to make you feel more miserable than you are right now.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Their arguments accomplished nothing, as far as I could see, except to make everyone miserable. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Someone gives her a drink of grape juice, I hope there’s wine in it, she’s still having the pains, for the afterbirth, she’s crying helplessly, burnt-out miserable tears. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of our first week in college, Danny was feeling thoroughly miserable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It took only two days for the other kids to make his life miserable. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I know that in Ms. Rucker’s eyes no excuse could validate such a miserable attempt at the homework. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z And all I’ll have done is make myself miserable focusing on a few extra breaths. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But as the day wore on with no let-up of rain, we started getting hungry and cold and miserable. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z What good could they get out of sitting here making him feel so miserable? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And despite Ron’s frequent complaints that Scabbers was both boring and useless, he was sure Ron would be very miserable if Scabbers died. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Because every dangling, orange-eyed head was one less miserable creature to weigh heavy on their hearts. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “All right, I have then,” said Digory in a much louder voice, like a boy who was so miserable that he didn't care who knew he had been crying. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a miserable death,” he said, his jokes taken from him again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Francis was always eager to continue our conversations, while I joyously seized every opportunity to escape from the miserable English food that periodically led me to worry about whether I might have an ulcer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The three butchers were daubed with sweat and blood, and they were absolutely miserable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As we drove to Diego’s house, I told him the whole miserable story. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I was feeling pretty miserable myself—about Kerri Gardner, about soccer, about my whole life here. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandmère knew there were a couple of kids who had made my life miserable, for instance, but she didn’t know the specifics. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He was acting like he hadn’t made Stephanie cry, like he hadn’t made Erin afraid to come to school, like he hadn’t made my life miserable. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He’s wearing that resigned miserable face he dons whenever he thinks I’m not looking, or when he’s just too tired to fake it. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You call that miserable thing a pig? That’s a fine specimen of a pig—it’s no bigger than a white rat.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’m glad. I’m tired of making everyone around me so miserable,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a miserable night, damp, the air solid with fog. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Let them stay separate and apart until that miserable moment of truth that would keep them apart forever. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The miserable beast did nothing but give a low, pitiful moan. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I brought up every miserable commendation and award I’d won since the eighth grade. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not asking you to try to love me. But just as one human being to another, just because I’m miserable and don’t know where to turn, I just need to be in your arms.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My mother turned her face to look at pottery or embroidery rather than at these miserable families who did not have the sense to leave the favored brothers and sisters home. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Both of these, depending on how they liked the waiter, could make his job miserable or pleasant—and I meant to become indispensable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She would visit the barn at once, to see what aid she might render to the miserable creature—or creatures—within. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “In the last letter it says that Gawaine had a duel with him. He must have been miserable, to fight him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Myself, I can only be miserable until you are in my arms again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Valley looked miserable, but then again, she always did. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “How could a miserable peasant woman acquire such skills?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When I’m in a mood I get all sulky and just want to be miserable. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I am torn between sympathy and a desire for his life to have been as miserable as possible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They lay down on their bare mattresses, tired, miserable and I don't know what else. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You mean to tell me you drove all the way to California without telling Jamie how miserable you think your life is?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z New York is gray and slushy and miserable for months. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Once they were gone, I seriously thought about kicking my way out of that miserable wooden tomb. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I tried to reassure him that he had lots of talents, but that just made him look more miserable. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He’d lived with the Dursleys almost ten years, ten miserable years, as long as he could remember, ever since he’d been a baby and his parents had died in that car crash. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She seemed so miserable it was hard not to cut her free. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Get out! Get out of here!” yelled the man, brandishing his broom so menacingly that the terrier tucked his tail between his legs and fled, soaking and miserable, towards his waiting companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay on the brass bed and went back in time over his sullen and miserable childhood and his fretful and vicious growing up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I ought not to have come. It has only made me more miserable, and him too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Kneeling on the floor, I buried my head in her lap and poured out the whole miserable story. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, you know,” he said, “why I’m all the time worrying about you—why I’m all the time miserable when I look at you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “That is my least concern; I am, by a course of strange events, become the most miserable of mortals. Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that someone had dared to make her mom miserable only made Aru angrier. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On a day when I should have been miserable, I actually wanted to laugh. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She is a goddess, a queen, and he is just a miserable puddle of remorse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I shuddered, feeling no better off than the chained monkey and the miserable birds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s tired of his brother making life miserable for their parents, and he tells him so. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had to be just as scared and miserable as she was, and she loved him for trying to make her feel better. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Shin and his mother were miserable and hungry during the famine, but no more than they were accustomed to. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z All in all, most of my life at Carver is not as miserable as I'd imagined. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z People did what she told them to because they liked her—not just because she’d make their lives miserable if they didn’t. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Maybe he was in a hurry to bring the shoes to his father, or maybe he was trying to run away from his miserable and hu-miliating day at school. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I've got a theory,” the Colonel said as I walked in the door after a miserable day of classes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The witch tilted her head back, resting it against his shoulder as he drove forward, inch by miserable inch, each wave pulling them back, as if the sea was unwilling to relinquish its hold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were tired and miserable; all they wanted now was to get it finished. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one true shot, and Frodo would be rid of the miserable voice for ever. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He couldn’t get his way this time—not after threatening their fives and sending them to make Achelous miserable for the sake of spiting Hera. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was even more miserable out on the water than onshore. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That year around the holidays we were all miserable. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We got even more miserable when Lee Roy noticed that Smiley had left our box of shotgun shells out under a tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Miss Havisham’s grey hair was all adrift upon the ground, among the other bridal wrecks, and was a miserable sight to see. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Trub looks pretty miserable, so I try to think of something that will make him feel better. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Maybe R.C. was so miserable himself that he was always looking for somebody or something he could make worse off than he was. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Why would Xenocrates even care? He’s not one of Goddard’s miserable crew of scythes. He doesn’t even seem to like Goddard—and clearly couldn’t care less about me and Rowan.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Jonathan looked at the soldiers, feeling miserable and bitter. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough to be miserable on a camping trip without telling the world. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Windy and cold and damp. A miserable hard place, in truth . . . but my lord father once told me that hard places breed hard men, and hard men rule the world." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The hearts you tarnish with miserable ghosts so that you can hold on to your hate?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It strikes me with no warning that I am miserable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The wind came on, and the day grew miserable. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As it was, the only thing I could lose my miserable self in was books. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Recovery without the aid of healing nanites was a slow, miserable process that seemed to get worse before it got better. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was miserable then, when people gave him “wise counsel given with the best of intentions.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was about a long-ago white basketball star named Rabbit who grows up and lives a miserable life. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous celebrities would have been miserable without their air-conditioning and entertainment centers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole of Harry’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class was miserable about his resignation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Stroking and half lifting his dæmon, who snapped at him and drew blood from his trembling hand, Boatwright made his miserable way to the door and through to the dark outside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I felt so blue and miserable I wanted to crawl into a plastic cover and die. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Gryffindors around them were so miserable, and felt so sorry for the Weasleys, that nobody tried to stop them as they got up, crossed the room, and left through the portrait hole. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They had their hands on the shoulders of Jackson the Executive, who was trying his best to look miserable and happy at the same time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “And I hope a horde of shamblers chews your face off, you miserable wretch,” I say. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When she first died, I felt sorry about all the pills I’d given her that made her feel so miserable. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I stare Martin down, but he turns away quickly, looking miserable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It wasn't just being sent to Camp Green Lake that had made his life miserable. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A black horse stood in a marshy field looking miserable. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I lay deep in hot water in the tub and I was utterly miserable, and nothing was good anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt miserable for storming out the way she had. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z How can thinking about the misery of others help if you’re miserable yourself? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The miserable man was led past their table—right past the grateful and heartbroken children he’d saved—but never did he look up or reveal any awareness of them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Grumpminster Fink was a man who was cranky and mean and made everybody miserable. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “No, I am not a beast and nor are you. Jenny, I shall go on holding you until you stop being cross. I said it because I was miserable.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He then spent three weeks in bed, made miserable by constant aching in limbs, insomnia, nervous tension, and feelings of acute anxiety. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Knight Bus rolled through the darkness, scattering bushes and wastebaskets, telephone booths and trees, and Harry lay, restless and miserable, on his feather bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The houses standing among the green hills were a miserable sight with not a ray of sunlight to brighten their ruins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “He said he wished I’d never come to New York if I was going to be miserable.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Of this I am sure: the sun rises to-day on no more miserable house in all the great round of its daily course. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When I explain, it will seem strange that I did not choose to leave long before now, for my life during this time has been more miserable than I ever thought possible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Like learning names would explain why I was so miserable in college, or make me feel grounded in some way I never had. But no.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Had Violet signed the marriage contract with her right hand, the law would have made her a miserable contessa, but because she signed it with her left, she remained, to her relief, a miserable orphan. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z "I know. That's why the plan works. We all go to homecoming together. She figures out you don't like her, she's miserable, and guess who's standing right there, asking her to slow dance?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We search the surrounding streets for the BMW, all the while my fever making me feel even more miserable. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was too cold and too sleepy to be keenly observant, and not sleepy enough to betray my trust so altogether I had a dreary, miserable time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z What a miserable state for a girl of former beauty! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I watched Gino head off into the sea of muddy and miserable kids. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re not actually trying to make anything work; they’re just staying in the same house together making each other more and more miserable. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After tripping and cursing and generally feeling miserable for another mile or so, I started to see light up ahead: the colors of a neon sign. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Silas, who has had plenty of kids trying to make his life miserable. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She added a ray of light in miserable circumstances. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As for us, chances were that we would be allowed to go on with our miserable little lives until the end of the war. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z By the spring of 1936 he was clearly miserable, and it is hard to avoid the conclusion that his exhausting schedule was the cause. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The nights without number she spent up in the miserable loft, tossing about, kicking the woman next to her, devising ways off the plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a miserable time, especially for my poor sister Dee-Dee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t, because he looked so miserable. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Because, with every chance for being good, useful, and happy, you are faulty, lazy, and miserable.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d be miserable if I had to wait that long. Didn’t you get frustrated?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe when everything seemed sad and miserable, Phoebe and I could both hope that something might start to go right. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I wondered why it was so easy for me to see that Phoebe’s mother was worried and miserable, but Phoebe couldn’t see it—or if she could, she was ignoring it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Coming within strangling distance of the Crown Prince of Adarlan, son of the man who sentenced her to a slow, miserable death, her self-control balanced on a fragile edge—dancing along a cliff. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In that case, adults seem to have no problem at all shutting their phones off and describing what a miserable future a kid like me is setting himself up for. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The houses in the neighborhood had a miserable look. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But the lie did not convince Lily: After one last burning look, she ran from the little thicket, off after her sister, and Snape looked miserable and confused.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We had to endure it alone, we had to put up this show, this miserable, sham performance for the sake of all these people I did not know and did not want to see again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Amari noticed that most turned away as if the miserable group were invisible. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The young women of the 587th were miserable in these planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But not as miserable as I was going to be in twenty-one minutes and counting. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “And I should be extremely miserable,” he answered, suddenly finding himself in intense good humour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer was glowing with the praise, as joyful now as he had been miserable two minutes before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The invasion is still going splendidly, in spite of the miserable weather—pouring rains, gale winds and high seas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had probably just done the stupidest thing he had ever done in his short and miserable life. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z To that fantastical end, the government regularly enlists the masses in miserable tasks dressed up in noble slogans. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then suddenly as he fixed the miserable rags round himself a feeling of pity for his ruined body overcame him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Stanley thought about the long, miserable bus ride and felt a little sorry for the guard and the bus driver. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He always was a miserable little crybaby, and clearly nothing has changed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “You miserable ignoramus! You see a white person and he looks better than your own people? You must apologize to everybody in this line! Right now!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Germany was our close neighbor, and I remember the adults talking about the oppression of Germany’s Jews. Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany, was making life miserable for them.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I suppose there may have been a more miserable hour sometime in my life, but I couldn’t think of what it might have been. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Are you trying to frighten me, you miserable little lump of chattering chickweed?” cried Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was noisy only to keep myself from being miserable all the time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "Forgive me, O Your Grandness!" cried the miserable culprit. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z But even this miserable restriction was abused by the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, now feeling thoroughly miserable, put the empty cage away inside the wardrobe. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But Maria grew frustrated because the soldiers who fought alongside her were miserable about the way the war was going for the Russian army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z True, my continued existence could make her life miserable, but misery is the lesser of two evils. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z All I knew was that I was miserable. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For now, there was nothing but the flat gray of the sky and the dead rock of this miserable excuse for an island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m embarrassed and miserable and I wish I didn’t disappoint them so much. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z All those pills were making me fat and stupid, and I was still miserable, getting only three or four hours of sleep a night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “They’re excited, you know. But we don’t want Clover disturbed into eating them or anything miserable like that.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Danny was tense and miserable all that day and throughout the week. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Come on, you little pig’s whelp, you miserable mangy little runt! Spring at me! Just try it! You’ll never make the arena, you weakling! Come on, coward, what are you waiting for?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It took me four miserable hours of hard labor, but I got it done. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mill employees labored at dangerous jobs under miserable conditions—and for poverty wages—breathing in cotton dust until their lungs were brown with the stuff and they suffocated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then when he started to make my life miserable I could make his miserable as well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I have that impression; maybe it is because she does not seem sad or miserable or in any way unhappy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I know he’s miserable, underneath his smiles and politeness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You miserable rust bucket!” shrieked a voice from the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Locking the door, Plumpen lay down lonely and miserable to await nightfall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She wanted to lie in bed under the covers and feel miserable about life. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Baba is right, but his words make me miserable. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It was as far from the park, the miserable thumping heart of the town, as she could get. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Domesticated chickens and cattle may well be an evolutionary success story, but they are also among the most miserable creatures that ever lived. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony felt the disadvantage of being two years younger than the other girl, of having a full two years' refinement weigh against her, and now her play seemed a miserable, embarrassing thing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This thin, miserable, dirty garbage is the objective of the prisoners. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of his body was still bruised and sore, and his ribs still kept him breathing shallowly and struggling not to cough, but even with that, he was much less miserable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the world was full of miserable places just like the central plateau, all of them hopeless. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It walked along the stable to the furthest stall, where it lay down in the dry straw, and the star scrambled off its back, dripping and miserable. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He looked down into the yard, feeling miserable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There is a miserable shortness to our supplies of that indispensable element. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My stomach growls so loudly that I cannot stand it, and next to me Ida is no better off, just as awake and miserable as me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Good, you’re awake. I trust you’ve healed enough over the past few hours to be a little more coherent, and a little less miserable.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She woke only to cough, a miserable gut-wrenching cough, as if she was trying to turn herself inside out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z However miserable he has been here, however unwelcome, however badly treated, you have at least, grudgingly, allowed him houseroom. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “So I’m slaving in this miserable place for a name and title that don’t even belong to me? Who does everyone think Adarlan’s Assassin really is?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mariam wondered how so many women could suffer the same miserable luck, to have married, all of them, such dreadful men. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You are cold; you look miserable. The chocolate will soon be hot But would you rather have a taste of brandy? I have scarcely touched the bottle which you brought me for my cold.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Picture of a skinny, miserable, rocking child, flies near her mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z One loses oneself for the sake of the other, but in doing so becomes enslaved and miserable to the most capricious of all the gods. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I am expecting to find Cardan as I left him, cowed and quiet, perhaps even more miserable than before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Like a book completely intact but missing one word in every dozen, making it a miserable and confusing read. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Penny did not weep, but her eyes were red and miserable, and she never lifted them from Crunch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Except for Peaches, of course, but you could see she was needing to work at being miserable. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeffrey was sitting on the couch looking miserable, but he had enough energy to embarrass me in front of my mom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk into the cafeteria even more miserable. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I don’t think anyone has ever been so miserable at Pike Place Market. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Today, with George Woolf aboard, had run a miserable race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she went out of her way to be kind to the miserable child, with the result that he attached himself firmly to her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favoured; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “If I killed this miserable hog, then I wouldn’t have an excuse, que no?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To take my mind off how miserable I felt I pretended that’s exactly what it was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Out of the formless stream of sad but horrible sounds, strings of words would now and again shape themselves: grim, hard, cold words, heartless and miserable. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t you see, Bella? It’s one thing for me to make myself miserable, but a wholly other thing for you to be so involved.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Francis was sitting on the edge of an examining table, fully clad, bent almost double and looking miserable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The thermometer was dropping; my life, which before had been only solitary and miserable, became unbearable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know enough about cattle to tell you if he was bored or miserable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I spent the night alone and miserable in my room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The man replaced the gun in sudden contrition, and the dog lay down again, his head turned away, his eyes miserable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ackkk, a wonderful, miserable age. Not a boy, not a teenager. Impatience but timidity too. Emotional incontinence.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Nonsense! And is it that makes you so miserable? Are you afraid now in daylight?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z What she wanted to do was incapacitate this insolent pup with her elbow and use his miserable hide for leverage. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I must have looked miserable, because she added,“You’ll like these people. Honestly.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z There’s always somebody like him, looking to make folks miserable. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock in the evening he will eat some miserable rubbish they get in exchange for their food tickets, then he will take a powder for his headache and work on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of them waking up feeling sad or miserable made me sick to my stomach. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z During the entire bus ride home I was miserable, wrapped in a rage I couldn’t explain or think away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He thought he knew what was behind this, and as he had no wish to discuss Sirius’s death or any other miserable subject at the moment, he said, “What’s the time? Have I missed breakfast?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Frightful must be terrified and I am miserable, but Alice, I’ll bet, is humming and working and probably hasn’t even read my note. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I listen to music, and I’m bored and antsy and, honestly, miserable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I lie awake until dawn, listening to Queenie snore and feeling utterly miserable. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Still, as miserable as my life has been, I was not able to bring myself to set the plan in motion, or even to make the first move for a long time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Dad said, “You can’t predict—a person can’t foresee—you never know—” He looked away, and I felt miserable right along with him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She felt miserable for storming out the way she had. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It's a pretty miserable excuse for a life, but technically it still qualifies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I looked down at Jeffrey, who had a really miserable look on his face, like he was tasting something vile. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, “I’m at that phase where I’m supposed to be miserable.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I turn to meet his eyes, then sigh and shift my attention back to the miserable late-autumn landscape on the other side of the windshield—all cold and dreary and bereft of life. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Mowing grass is useful! And sitting in the closet never hurt anybody! But Peach cries and carries on and makes everybody miserable!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite the miserable weather, the planes are flying diligently back and forth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Maddie scrubbed at midges and scrubbed at her eyes, too, too miserable to answer. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The next three months were hot, confusing, and miserable as Amari tried to assimilate into the culture of plantation life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d make it spin through the air, make it crash into Fang’s miserable face, screaming at him to “Look, just look at yourself.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z At night Werner stares up at Frederick’s bunk, the thin slats, the miserable stained mattress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In September, he had returned to school to discover that the boys who had made him miserable were small, soft things no longer capable of upsetting him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I woke everybody up again,” Jojo said, now sounding miserable. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I said to Dad, “I don’t want you to become like a miserable unemployed alcoholic or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Finally, I gave up and crawled into my hemlock tent, hungry, cold, and miserable. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well done, my miserable young spies,” said Mr. Curtain haughtily. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Yes, the whites were as miserable as their black victims, I thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bad enough I’m confined to this miserable job, working with boys who don’t even believe!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Mendozas left immediately after Maria, pale and miserable, emerged from El Patron’s apartment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hell could freeze over but they would still come marching across the tracks, wrestling, kicking at each other, stomping into the classrooms where they fidgeted nervously all day and made things miserable for their teachers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A part of me regretted making her miserable in this way—I think some of her pills made her feel even more awful than she already felt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And if someone is going to be miserable every school day, they shouldn’t have to lose the one thing that makes them happy. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Why couldn’t she stay here? She’d be just as miserable,” he muttered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We all still lived together, and we were all miserable, and by this time I was home a few weeks, a lot longer than I had planned, and I wanted to leave. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said he will make me miserable for the rest of my days.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A storm howled in from the Atlantic, and for a week they waited out miserable days and nights. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale, miserable boy still made no effort to resist, letting them drag him across the dusty stone of the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My first year’s grades at Stuyvesant were miserable, due partially to the fact that I never studied. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Though Louie had been miserable over having to rejoin the air corps, it wasn’t so bad after all. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He took a job as a tarpaulin salesman, but he was miserable. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even those three miserable traitors in whose innocence you once believed—Jones, Aaron- son, and Rutherford—in the end we broke them down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He came as a cook, and sat about in the bar all night looking perfectly miserable. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She slept poorly, in and out of a doze, constantly worried and miserable, and never once did she have a shred of an idea what to do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I forget the rest of the gym and the victors and how miserable I am and lose myself in the shooting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was so thin and miserable I thought I could gain weight just from the smell alone. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Smith took immense satisfaction in making reporters and dockers miserable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At last when no man is angry any more at wrongdoing or feels shame in the presence of the miserable, Zeus will destroy them too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Father played the cool cat, not admitting what a miserable failure he had been so far at the Christianizing trade. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The only light came from a miserable crescent moon being dunked into brown clouds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Her hands were very heavily bandaged and she looked miserable. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Yes, he could take the job at Dalton’s and be miserable, or he could refuse it and starve. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t the same. No summer idyll like we used to have. They were doing construction on New Clairmont. Everyone was acting miserable and I kept looking for you but you never came.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t feel particularly miserable right at the moment.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The fate of those empty, wide plains and those miserable mountain regions seems dull to me as well.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And I don’t want to think about how she died for such a miserable coward, about how he wasn’t worth her life. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She screamed at me, “You are no better than the bandicoot that burrows under our house and eats our food. Go home to your miserable parents!” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1859 The Richmond Whig said: “The miserable old traitor and murderer belongs to the gallows and the gallows will have its own.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we got back into our daily routine, it was evident that segregationists must have spent their holidays thinking up ways to make us miserable. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That was probably why he’d brought us to this miserable place, to keep us safe from the beast. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And it was raining, so we were all pretty miserable. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When his reveries ended, he was still in a filthy, threadbare, lice- infested uniform in a miserable camp crowded with starving and dying prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Her new roommate looked just like the snotty girls who had made high school miserable: pretty, beautifully dressed, somehow at ease with the world, and that first night she had cried herself to sleep. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s been miserable, just miserable. “I’m going to work as hard as I can and do the best job that I possibly can,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “We'll turn to ashes in this house without men, but we won't give this miserable town the pleasure of seeing us weep.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Pilar overcame the disgust that her miserable fate inspired in her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her father was down to ninety pounds, just skin and bones, and he was in pain and miserable. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo climbed back into the boat and resigned herself to another miserable night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stunned silence that followed, Hunter said something miserable and then kept sinking into the shadows. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The longer Nhamo studied the miserable creature, the more certain she was that he was the only member of his troop on the island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Life at the encampment was cold and miserable and the only relief for them was drinking. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Richardson had a miserable time trying to pull him to a stop and turn him back toward the winner’s circle, where Howard, Smith, and Bing Crosby awaited him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miserable reproduction in which the jagged peaks rose white against a grotesquely blackened and scratched sky. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z This time Arthur’s voice was neither tired nor miserable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she was more miserable than me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Håkon glared at him, looking miserable lying on his side with his face in the cold dirt. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I let their colored memories draw me out of my own miserable life. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The horse shied, just as it might have shied in the old, miserable days when it pulled a hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z As Route 1 looped north, they crossed under the Thruway and spent a miserable night huddled at the back of a shopping center. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, the greatest fun,” he answered, but in a voice so mournful, with an expression so profoundly miserable, that Lenina felt all her triumph suddenly evaporate. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Cange no longer looked like a miserable encampment of refugees, Farmer thought dryly, just a typical, extremely poor Haitian village. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He was never miserable, as he always had enough to eat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “You want me to say I’m miserable? Okay, I’m miserable.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The man had a miserable personality but the sounds that came from his body made the labor fly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They all groan again, but I’m too miserable to care. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The ghosts’ existence, if it can be called that, is like a miserable dream. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Some days I think she was really miserable, because she cried a lot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It was like she wanted to make me miserable,” Conner said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He long ago learned that if he speaks a truth unpleasing to the white, the white will make life miserable for him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was determined to push back firmly at Lawrence, but at that moment, he was placed at a disadvantage by a miserable case of the flu. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Templeton, of course, was miserable over the loss of his beloved egg. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Addie said she understood, and then she was miserable for about five minutes until DuShawn came up to her and said, “Congratulations.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Okay, so I go on home and I’m feeling miserable. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Palmer was miserable, for example, his mother or father would hold him close and wipe his tears. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t even want to think how much more miserable her life might become in that shack down along the Yazoo. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There is the mean little hut on the moors, the hard work on the heath from morning till night in the heat, the miserable pay, the dirty labourer’s clothes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still plan on making your life miserable.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z So she got up and sat around scared and miserable. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He was nice, caring, a good listener, understanding, very handsome, and best of all, he always knew just what to say whenever I was miserable. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z By suppertime I was feeling so frightened and miserable that I could hardly eat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z What girl in her right mind will look at an ex-White Father with one miserable scrawny shoulder? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a roll of thunder and then it began to rain—a really cold, miserable, penetrating rain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Penelope retreated to the nursery, accompanied only by the sharp reproach of her own miserable thoughts. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet I can name two things to be miserable about for every one you can name to be thankful for.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z School was unbearable for Gerald and Angel, and when they got home, the small apartment was hot and miserable. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the train, we are quietly miserable as we try to assess what effect we might be having. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And I remembered how miserable I’d felt, but also that—because Paul made sure I knew he was always going to be there for me—I felt relieved. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Well, it’s their fault, and they are the ones who are going to be miserable, and alone. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The laughter died away, when a well-known and abhorred voice, apparently close to my ear, addressed me in an audible whisper, “I am satisfied, miserable wretch! You have determined to live, and I am satisfied.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z No tears, but her voice was a miserable whisper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A few of the miserable hours were spent talking to my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of miserable life had they had, that the Institute seemed so wonderful to them now? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I was going to give Lynn every chance to get better no matter how miserable it made her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s voice trailed off into a sulky mutter and he sat scowling at his toes and feeling miserable. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And yet Emma and Charles spent the whole day feeling rather miserable at the shock of their engagement; they were both astonished at the suddenness of their decision. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was better to be alone and miserable. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He came back from France when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip, and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville on the last of his army pay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I have never been so damp and miserable for such a long time—it is like living in a tent with no light, no heat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Nothing out here but hungry and hurting and thirsty and miserable. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He forgave me, maybe because a miserable person can only stand to be alone with their misery for so long. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She had spent the entire time with her eyes glued to a piece of paper, her voice monotone and rushed, and she had later confessed to Moss that she felt miserable about it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was pretty miserable at dinner that night. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The pavement turned to dirt, then roads turned into paths, and dwellings grew increasingly forlorn and miserable. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It might have been funny if he hadn’t felt so miserable. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The old dog walked gingerly into the shallow water, shivering and miserable, turning his head away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Our breeches were our own, and varied, and did we walk without shoes, we could pass as a miserable coffle being led back to captivity or to some new scene of degradation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He slept at last, miserable, aching, and lonely. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts’ defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Let u's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But she knew “we shall be much less miserable together!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t do this halfway. Either go to college, learn something, and change your life, or stay here and be miserable. Don’t move to the next county over to be miserable. You’ll waste your time.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit came home third, drenched to the bone, covered head to toe in mud, and miserable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what she was doing, if she was as miserable as I was, what her hair looked like that day, what she was wearing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Who would have thought one miserable winged rat had so many colors? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I’d spent the past two months thinking she was miserable, and it turned out that wasn’t the case at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sass seemed to take pleasure in finding someone who was worse off than she was, while I could not believe there was anyone more miserable than I was. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “The first ones had better be Thank you, oh great Nina, for dedicating every waking moment of this miserable journey to saving my sorry life.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It's miserable out, the kind of cold where breathing through your nose gives you brain freeze. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The Beiderman stepped back and lifted his head to look at her with miserable, watery eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was miserable with his crippled hand stretched out for all the world to see. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I agree with Mother that you and I are not suited to each other, because our quick tempers and strong wills would probably make us very miserable, if we were so foolish as to...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is a miserable, sneaking wretch who deserted us as soon as we were attacked.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A few of the waitresses complained it was miserable weather. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Mr. T also figured if we went out and got soaking wet first thing, we’d be miserable for the rest of the day. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We took every opportunity to make Titi Avena miserable. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As an Afghan, I knew it was better to be miserable than rude. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Too often the quality of court-appointed counsel is poor because the miserable working conditions and low pay discourage good attorneys from participating in the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Answer me, you miserable cow. Did you sell my sister?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "In fact, it's been miserable because of the fog, and I guess we'll go home." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I hope she gets over it by Grands Day next Wednesday, or it’s going to be miserable having her at school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I think you must be mistaken, my dear Spiker. That miserable tree never has any peaches on it.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I paint the dark, miserable sky and the plastic bagging his parents have stapled over their windows. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The entire ship creaks in painful complaint, and the perspiring boards of the hull stretch and contract, straining against the miserable black tar that holds them together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For what seemed like ages I just held her, thinking nothing but the purest thoughts, my heart aching for her, so poor and miserable and lonesome. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I walk to the stands and sit alone in the front row, miserable, as everyone stares. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Actually, the whole prayer is ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a miserable sinner,’ but none of the adepts in either of the Pilgrim books put any emphasis—thank God—on the miserable-sinner part. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He hated the campers and tried to make our lives miserable. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Now I pictured him living in a Motel 6, miserable. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Take these miserable turncoats out of my sight. You know what to do.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the street you either develop a sensitivity to certain things, or your life is miserable and short. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had said nothing for a long while, and then he had said: “All right, baby. I guess you don’t never want to see me no more, not a miserable, black sinner like me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Lancelot said: “Jenny, couldn’t you forgive her? She is probably ugly as well as miserable now. She never had much to fan back on.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you gone mad?” the woman hissed, first rolling her eyes at her partner, then flashing a miserable, conciliatory smile at the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then eight people have to disappear to the well-curtained attic and lie on the floor unmoving, in complete silence, miserable and sweating, while Lubek talks and smokes cigarettes at my half kitchen table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z You say I am making Pa and Ma’s life miserable. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And now the day was quite definitely done, and most of the stars were out, and still the Horses thundered on and the children rose and sank in their saddles, miserable with thirst and weariness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Inside I was miserable and did not know how I would ever be happy again. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d made the man miserable for almost an hour, the least I could give him was a story to tell his friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He walked like a crab, side to side, and probably if he had wanted to be a ballet dancer, he would have been doomed to a miserable life of endless frustration. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After the manner of men who see women quarreling, the doctor and Luke had withdrawn, standing tight together in miserable silence; now, at last, Luke moved and spoke. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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