Example Sentences

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Bissonnette and Thresher star in the 2011 film Wretches and Jabberers; Bissonnette was institutionalized into his 20s, while Thresher grew up in special-ed classes.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2013

And that is precisely what "Wretches & Jabberers" does as well.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2011

"Wretches" is what they jokingly call themselves after picking up the term from another person with autism.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2011

Those most magisterial Wretches embrace all Occasions of squeezing Money; and more especially from Strangers.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel

The poor Wretches, who abandon themselves to it, are subject to frequent Inflammations of the Breast, and to Pleurisies, which often carry them off in the Flower of their Age.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)