Example Sentences

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But “Spaceman” is that exquisite rare third thing — an awful movie, a very bad movie indeed, whose lousiness was almost certainly not apparent while it was in production.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

He went out of his way to blame-shift the lousiness of the Giants on to Pat Shurmur, who was fired back in 2019, suggesting that Shurmur had infected the organization with all kinds of losering.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2022

But in larger terms, I hope you’ve explored, or are exploring, what went wrong in your marriage and what your contributions were to its lousiness.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2015

It’s been another lousy baseball season for hitters, worse than last year and the year before, which previously set marks for lousiness.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2014

Malady: Poultry acariasis.—This is a large-sized acarus, though usually miscalled "hen louse," and the disease "poultry lousiness."

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.