wretched

Example Sentences

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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They must avoid setting a new record if they are going to survive, with relegation rivals West Ham's 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa the sliver of hope needed on a wretched afternoon.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Their longer-term record against England was yet more wretched – Scotland had won just three of the previous 29 meetings.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Bad news, chums: You’re characters in a movie by the Dardenne Brothers, whose cinema is a landscape of the wretched, dismal and deprived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The wretched man was attempting to hold onto something clutched in his hands.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom