Sentence examples for have a sorry from inspiring English sources

Banks have a sorry history of not questioning the provenance of some public officials' sudden wealth.

But boxing fans have a sorry history of forgiving their favourite fighters for despicable actions outside the ring.

He is more likely than other Americans to be poor and poorly educated, to have a sorry employment record, to be a junkie, to be mentally ill, and to be a member of a minority group.

Comcast, America's largest cable-television provider, offers it to its workers.Attempts to make hospitals and clinics more efficient by building huge, centralised IT systems have a sorry history—just look at the failed patient-record system for Britain's National Health Service, scrapped at a cost of around £10 billion ($15 billion).

Certainly, between government and corporate entities that have a sorry track record when it comes to securing and respecting the private data of technology users, and hackers and identity thieves with a knack for outfoxing and outmaneuvering security protocols, we'll find ourselves even more vulnerable to cyber crime and bureaucratic error than ever before.

India has a sorry history of burying sectarian violence.

It has a sorry history of late, oversold and over-budget missions.

After all, outsiders have had a sorry history of investing in Las Vegas gambling.

Have we had a sorry from those who stood in the way of these children being saved?

The state, after all, has a sorry history as a hotbed of creationists' efforts to inject religious views into science courses.

There's often someone who has a sorry tale to tell about another culture and it's never helpful for people thinking of going to an unknown place.