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With three months to go in this wretched season, the MVP of the 2026 Angels is abundantly clear: Molly Jolly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Levy said "relegation was not something we ever considered" during his 25 years in the role, but a wretched run of form in 2026 saw them slip into the drop zone.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Had Quins not had such a wretched season, more of the spotlight might have been on Sale.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Colin stood at the bottom of the staircase, staring at her balefully, his sad countenance seemingly a manifestation of Ophie’s own wretched feelings.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

It was the second circle into which they now came—a sphere narrower than the first, and by so much more the wretcheder.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri

For three months this game has gone on—we getting shabbier, wretcheder, hungrier—no one bothers—all they say is "keep off the pavement."

From Five Little Plays by Sutro, Alfred

Especially wretched young men; and the wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets—a vicious circle!

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

Let us hope not until social order has been transformed, lest they should only give more to those who have, and leave the wretched still wretcheder by force of contrast.

From Annie Besant An Autobiography by Besant, Annie Wood

There’s nowt more wretcheder an we,    Or worthier an the rich, I praises ’em for bein’ born,    An’ ’eaven for makin’ sich.

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

Last week, on the 19th anniversary of that historic Dempsey-Carpentier battle, Jersey City was the scene of another heavyweight prize fight that will probably go down in history as the wretchedest of the post-Dempsey era.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the wretchedest slum quarter of Partinico. a pinched little town near Palermo, a man lay starving last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all the ill-fated Boys ever created Young Jack was the wretchedest lad: An emphatic, erratic, Dogmatic fanatic Was foisted upon him as dad!

From Grimm Tales Made Gay by Levering, Albert

This was the wretchedest moment in his career.

From Through the Wall by Moffett, Cleveland

One knows that; but the wretchedest of its "gamins" knows that it is something else also.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper