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  • Poorly, which is why Muhammad will not be seen in the movie that depicts his life.

    Seriously? Matrix Producer Wants to Make a $150m Biopic of Islamic Prophet Muhammad | /Film 2009

  • Buck tits, she had always thought about herself, and sometimes she wondered if in fact she had some sort of genetic condition that no one had ever noticed, something really obscure, perhaps called Poorly Assembled X.

    The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005

  • If you are new to WYDU, Storm has his band of merry men (pause) known as Poorly Drawn People get mad respect and play around these parts.

    WYDU 2009

  • She moved to Los Angeles awhile back with her husband, and was doing a auto-bio web comic called My Poorly Drawn Life that hasn't updated in awhile, but checking out these stories are a great insight to how well you can tell a story with, well, just a good story - even with (as the title of the series suggests) poorly drawn art.

    Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2009

  • "Poorly," I said or thought, and he chuckled, though his voice seemed strained by the efforts of our striving.

    Nine Princes In Amber Zelazny, Roger 1970

  • "Poorly," said Salmon, sitting down, with his hat on his knee.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

  • "Poorly," replied Mordecai -- his invariable answer to inquiries about his wife.

    The Cost 1904

  • "Poorly," replied Mordecai -- his invariable answer to inquiries about his wife.

    The Cost David Graham Phillips 1889

  • "Poorly," was the reply; "there is nothing to be made in our business.

    Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855

  • Poorly suited though it was for all but raising goats, the mountains were rich in iron needed for forging weapons.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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