How to Use lousy in a Sentence

lousy

adjective
Definition of lousynext
Synonyms for lousynext
  • I like the work, but the pay is lousy.
  • That's a lousy way to treat a friend.
  • They did a lousy job.
  • It's a lousy, rainy day.
  • He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.
  • She got lousy grades in high school.
  • He was a lousy husband.
  • Wishing you some good days to make up for the lousy ones.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Many fine books are full of that, and too many lousy books try to match it.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The second was pit road is a lousy place to try to talk to a driver.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022
  • The past 15 years has been a lousy time to sell life insurance.
    — Leslie Scism, wsj.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • On Monday night, a lousy start was once again the culprit.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
  • And one sale could make the difference between a good month and a lousy one.
    — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • There were early signs things might be lousy at Levi’s.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Just a very good sequence there for New England, and a lousy one for the Lions.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The Dodgers need to rescue a lousy starting rotation and trade for an ace, now!
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Your husband is in a lousy spot, caught between spouse and sibling.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Sure, the ending is as lousy as any as Spielberg has ever done.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Mean stage managers, lousy agents that didn’t protect me.
    — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Dodgers need to rescue lousy rotation and trade for an ace, now!
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • Bad reviews, weak audience polling and lousy legs will see to that.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Jekyll and Hyde Cavs continue to be perplexingly lousy on the road.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Roberts had a lousy seventh inning in the deciding Game 4 and still needs more dugout help.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Preller has assembled a brilliant cast with a lousy script.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • The remaining question is how to do it without feeling lousy in the process.
    — Elijah Rawls, Men's Health, 14 June 2022
  • And, as more than a few Help Desk readers have pointed out to us, many of those calls still sound pretty lousy.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Just as bad, this is a lousy moment to be selling deluxe apartments in London.
    — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • My sleep patterns were lousy and seemed to augur an early demise.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Atwell’s character is lousy behind the wheel and wishes Cruise would drive.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Gallup has found that 70% of the variance between lousy, good and great cultures can be found in the knowledge, skills and talent of the team leader.
    — Alain Hunkins, Forbes, 22 May 2022

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