An example would be, if a mother's child acts poorly in public, it makes the mother look bad.

Students who have emotional problems and act poorly are sometimes expelled from school.

He was the one who had acted poorly, if anyone had.

Brian and Lois attend a poorly acted one man show.

"Many stocks have been acting poorly for some time."

Marge acts poorly in public and doesn't care about the upkeep of the family?

They often ended up in fibs, acting poorly, looking unhappy.

The play is poorly written and poorly acted, though obviously performed with a great deal of passion.

It was always an impersonal compression that acted poorly.

So if I acted poorly a few days ago, it's only that I don't take shock well.