This has been a lousy summer, I know, but all those clouds have left us with one silver lining.
There followed a lousy Christmas season for high-street fixtures like Argos, a catalogue chain, Mothercare, a baby clothier, and Thorntons, a chocolate maker.
— Jeff Gordinier Poetry Foundation: "It's been a lousy summer sucking us dry," writes Bruce Covey in a poem that might or might not be about chicken soup.
The team with the big ground and big reputation had a lousy 2016, and Sigi Schmid paid for his side's underachievement with his job.
It produced 2,703kW hours (kWh) in its second full year (to 5 April), only 1% lower than the 2,730 kWh it produced in the first year, and that in spite of a lousy 2008 summer.
Tebow then took over a lousy 2011 Broncos team, mid-season, and led them on an improbable run to the playoffs, where they defeated the heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers before bowing out to Tom Brady's New England Patriots.
Even though you might think to yourself it has been a lousy summer, temperatures have been above average – we had a heatwave in June with temperatures over 30 degrees, and don't forget that Wimbledon had a virtually rain-free fortnight.
With about 13 million metric tons of new global capacity coming on stream, the paper industry had a lousy 1997.
The U.S. high-yield bond market had a lousy 2001, with the default rate jumping to 10.3% from 2000′s 5.9%, the worst since 1991.
