Jefferson's attempted solution, an embargo upon American shipping, worked badly and was unpopular.

Indeed, as television it's most successful when it shows people working together - but working together badly.

Before him, no one knew why our commonwealth worked badly.

Your plan might have been a good one for the majority of cases; only in our peculiar case it chanced to work badly perhaps.

Today's designs are boring, and they work badly, too.

English: When our business worked badly, we ate oatmeal.

They were uncomfortable and wet, working badly in a seaway.

We have a number of government monopolies which work badly.

My wounded thumb, slippery with sweat, worked badly and the gloves didn't help.

Either by design or by neglect, the muffler worked badly.