Sentence examples for serve poorly from inspiring English sources

Beyond practicality, the preludes and fugues are wonders of counterpoint, though often so contemptuous of generally accepted rules of agreement between notes that they serve poorly as models for conservatory study.

References to magic serve poorly as explanations but they acknowledge the need for explanation.

This aggregation behavior indicates that the CPUE of a particular fishery (e.g. Purse Seining) most likely will serve poorly as an index for population abundance [83] [85].

She served poorly and had trouble putting Azarenka's 90-mile-an-hour serves into play.

Serena was rattled, serving poorly, offering up drop shots to a speedy player.

"I don't think I served great tonight but I don't think I served poorly either.

She served poorly, hit ineffective returns, made regular forehand errors and had no answer when Cadantu resorted to moonballing tactics.

However, if you cannot beat Federer when he is serving poorly, what earthly chance do you have when the flow is with him?

Mr. Chaconas said he had been served poorly by his financial staff, which began warning him about a growing shortage only last spring.

"I'm just out of practice," Williams said after a match in which she served poorly and made numerous unforced errors.

"I was just happy that I managed to keep it close in the second, because I returned poorly and served poorly," said Murray, who lost to Federer in the United States Open final last year.