21.  Given this sorry state of affairs, were any moves imminent?

22.  He blames Israel and the West for the sorry state of affairs.

23.  He eventually spoke about the stadium mess, and about his political future and the sorry state of local leadership.

24.  He is the biggest reason the franchise has gone from its sorry state last year to a playoff contender.

25.  He said the chaotic spread of fundamentalism and the sorry state of Middle East peace efforts were paramount concerns that he would raise in Washington.

26.  His book is an autobiography of his agency career and a diatribe on the sorry state of the CIA.

27.  How did this sorry state of affairs come to be?

28.  If theatrical art is the mirror that reflects the American soul, then things must be in a pretty sorry state.

29.  Investors have reason to be pessimistic about earnings, traders and analysts said, given the sorry state of balance sheets.

30.  In truth, if this season is interrupted or halted altogether, it will be the owners who have brought the game to this sorry state.