wretch

Example Sentences

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You know, the one where “The wretch, concentred all in self / Living, shall forfeit fair renown”?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

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

From BBC • May 31, 2023

His Harry is in some ways the flip side of Smike, the poor mangled wretch he played in “The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” in the early 1980s.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

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

Her neighbors tell Ilda she’s crazy, that it’s not Javier but just a poor wretch who tripped on the roots of her gardenia tree and drowned.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García