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wretch

[rech] / rɛtʃ /


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If Zabka weren’t so charming, we couldn’t have bought the proposition that an ignorant wretch like Johnny could be redeemable.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

This pathetic wretch longs to escape to Istanbul, where he can be around the worldly types he prefers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

She opposed what she described as a "Western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch".

From BBC • May 31, 2023

Meeting Wilson after the game for an interview in a conference room at Camp Randall Stadium, I was startled that a 5-foot-11, ink-stained wretch like me could look him straight in the eye.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

He was a tough-looking wretch with dark chocolatl on his top lip and a gaunt black rat for a daemon.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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