adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sorely missed
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John will be sorely missed by his family and friends.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lack
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An admirable state of mind that is sorely lacking these days.
miss
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I am sure I am only one of many who will sorely miss this happy-go-lucky golfer.
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But he will be sorely missed .
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Jimmy Phillips has been sorely missed through suspension and will make a welcome return at left back.
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And though no one had said so, the traveling senior warden had not been sorely missed .
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Mrs Collingwood will be sorely missed at Penwortham C.P.
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Conference watchers say his barnstorming oratory's been sorely missed .
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As such a symbol, it will be sorely missed .
need
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Crawford says Blue Heron officials insist a soundstage is sorely needed to boost film revenues here.
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The ability to leverage private capital has also come to be increasingly expressed in defense of sorely needed downtown redevelopment activity.
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The auction promotes openness and honesty, sorely needed in the process.
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The Naval Air Corps was then in its infancy and sorely needed a strong leader and champion.
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I exhort you to do the monitoring you so sorely need , and hang in there.
tempt
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Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers, though she was sorely tempted .
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I was sorely tempted to show him the way to the phone booth, but I am not a vindictive man.
test
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There were times when my temper was sorely tested .
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That vow was sorely tested during the tour.
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The combination of his views and his casual approach to politics sorely tested some Conservative activists in Aldershot.
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In the process his patience was sorely tested .
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No doubt it will sorely test the liberal and progressive credentials of certain members.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But if he thought that he could goad a reaction out of her then he was sorely mistaken.
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Her brief, elliptical poems, most written in the 1850s and 1860s, sorely discomfited some but greatly delighted others.
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It sounded like one of a series of novels for young girls that was now sorely out of date.
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The ability to leverage private capital has also come to be increasingly expressed in defense of sorely needed downtown redevelopment activity.
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The Captain of the Diefrnbaker was sorely tried.
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There were times when my temper was sorely tested.
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Two hours is ample time, but walkers with interests in botany, geology or archaeology will be sorely tempted to linger.