Because I had lived through a similar proof that a woman's lot is still a pretty miserable one.
I got the flu last winter, and it was pretty miserable.
"She was feeling pretty miserable about it," one official said.
If you step over the line, they can make your life pretty miserable.
In fact, it's a pretty miserable thing to have to admit.
For that matter, all the signs pointed to tomorrow being pretty miserable.
But I do know he's been going around looking pretty miserable.
Since then (two years) my life has been pretty miserable.
"So what i' amounts to is that he's going to be pretty miserable for the rest of his life."