Sentence examples for that lousy from inspiring English sources

One of her finest creations is Fiona, a young Irishwoman planning to have an abortion, who says, "I can't believe you can get pregnant from sex that lousy".

The great redeeming element in our work was this: that, lousy as the world might be, things were not so awful that the lunatic nightmares we fashioned had any direct connection to reality.

But workers that have retired aren't going to retire again, which suggests that future demographic declines in participation will be correspondingly muted.Second, to the extent that lousy within-age-group participation was a result of a weak labour market, Mr Gordon's diagnosis contains the seeds of its own treatment.

Although all these trends would appear to bode poorly for stocks, on the theory that a weak economy reduces investor appetite for risk, there's a problem with drawing that conclusion: History has shown that lousy economic conditions, or even dismal corporate results, don't necessarily lead to disappointing stock market returns in any given year — or decade, for that matter.

It's also true, as I wrote this weekend, that lousy presidential fields are common in American politics, from the Democrats of 1988 to the Republicans of 1996, and that the combination of gifts that makes a great presidential candidate is rarer than one would expect.

Afterward I realized that lousy customer service wasn't the issue.

He failed to add that a lousy product launch can delay it.

"But even the ones that taste lousy are incredibly beautiful," she said.

Mixed with the perch were roach, fish that are lousy to eat and sticky to touch.

Or are the fans of "Titanic" leading lives that make lousy metaphors?

We believed our own press, inhaled our own fumes and headed up a company that made lousy games.