1870 C. J. Vaughan (1878) 154 The sorely-tempted soul.
1891 R. Kipling ii. 19 A pair of sorely-worn riding-breeches.
1900 W. S. Churchill in 1 Jan. 6/1 The engine was soon crowded and began to steam homewards—a mournful, sorely-battered locomotive.
1917 W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert (1977) IV. Compan. i. 87 A mere bluff designed to induce him to dissipate sorely-needed forces on coastal defence.
1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire 129 Who come to waste their sorely-sweated pittance.