Sentence examples for seemed poorly from inspiring English sources

These officials seemed poorly trained, Brant said, and were frustrated by their lack of success.

While solid colors — and there was a pure green silk and plain orange — emphasized the streamlined, geometric shapes, the flowers sometimes seemed poorly planted within the graphic outline.

Founded in the 12th century, the Templars were an important Crusading order whose privileges seemed poorly justified after the fall of the last Crusader outpost in the Holy Land.

Though his previous book, "Building Red America," seemed poorly timed when it appeared in 2006 just as Karl Rove's quest for permanent Republican dominance collapsed, its insights into conservative attitudes about authority and autonomy remain as useful as anything written more recently about the Tea Party and the right-wing resurgence.

The challenge represented by Brazil, at least in theory rather than the underwhelming reality, might have built in more vulnerable young minds – and especially when Scolari's audition moved on to a passable level of commitment with a piece of thrilling scoring skill by a man who at that moment seemed poorly served by his stage name Fred.

Robles and Thake seemed poorly matched or under-rehearsed, however, which, together with the lighting failure, diminished the impact of this otherwise glamorous and quirky work.

But pain itself seems poorly understood.

We are also aware that the international bodies that could democratise that power now seem poorly suited to the task.

Reporters with alliance troops say that their strength is about 2,000 men, and that many seem poorly armed and trained.

Amid the transformed buildings and transplanted residents, the way up, or out, for many of the block's residents still seems poorly mapped.

More than a few of the people working at Bouley seem poorly trained or clueless, especially when it comes to reservations.