Apart from root canals and divorces, few things in everyday life are more excruciating than the miserable shots a golfer must endure while striving to regain a lost groove after an extended layoff.
He sends it back with interest, causing Verdasco to try a miserable drop shot that doesn't even trouble the net.
According to the piece, many trainees are miserable, clumsy shots; most are illiterate, rural Afghans who don't "know how to use a toothbrush or drive" (though they seem pretty adept at selling small arms).
Ricky Barnes, who had held the lead since the second day, had a miserable day and shot six-over par - but still finished joint second.
The defending champion, Webb Simpson, shot a miserable 75 yesterday, and came only two shots inside the cut, which clanged down at +8.
For season after season, a small, hardy, sometimes masochistic group of fans from around the region has suffered a miserable litany of errant jump shots, blown halftime leads and horrendous front-office decisions.
An equal shot at being equally miserable.
Howard, coming off a miserable 2-for-9 shooting performance against Dallas two nights earlier, connected on 16 of 26 shots.
But the filmmakers, appropriately showing no mercy, answer the question by cutting to a shot of Emily looking absolutely miserable as she prepares to go onstage.
A solitary shot on target felt a miserable return for a team who, earlier this term, had been the great entertainers.
