It was, Matullus thought, a truly lousy way to start the day.

Your inbox is a lousy way to manage your to do list.

But it would've still been a lousy way to end my warlordship.

Pointing guns at people was a lousy way to avoid panic.

It's a lousy way to move up in political office.

Overall, he decided, it was a lousy way to go.

Sometimes it seems like a pretty lousy way for a species to perpetuate itself.

That was a lousy way to get information.

A bullet in the gut administered by a dull-minded Afrikaner boy was a lousy way to die.

What a lousy way to die.

Bill France, Sr., a driver and race promoter himself, thought this was a lousy way to run a sport.

Maybe that wasn't proof positive that who you knew was a lousy way to get a job, but it certainly seemed suggestive.

This was Eddie's trademark greeting to all opposing attorneys, his lousy way of saying, Hey, you're so insignificant I barely recall we ever met.

"This is a lousy way to start a conversation," I said.

"That's a lousy way to treat your partner," he said, pushing himself up.

"What a lousy way to learn you're not who you think you are."