Jane, come nearer, and I'll tell you something which may make you think a little less poorly of me.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Dinah could not do this as seeing but poorly with one eye only, she lost her sight almost entirely during the hurricane and washing her heated eyelids did not bring her any relief.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The first corner which he approached was occupied by a small, weather-beaten, one-story frame house, setting slightly back in a yard poorly kept, wherein a few straggling rose bushes strove for existence.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey