abject
Example Sentences
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The issues they faced were "about as abject as failure can get in our world", he added.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
India say they can peak at the right time and play their "perfect game" in the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup, while playing down the abject form of opening batsman Abhishek Sharma.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Kelly’s stint as offensive coordinator was an abject failure: Among 32 NFL teams, Las Vegas is tied for last at 15.0 points per game and is 30th with 268.9 in total yards per game.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
It was, he writes, “a childhood and adolescence not so much of abject poverty as of poverty of outlook, of ambition,” and the girl got out as soon as she could.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
His cat dæmon hurried after them, abject and desperate.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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