wretch
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If Zabka weren’t so charming, we couldn’t have bought the proposition that an ignorant wretch like Johnny could be redeemable.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
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
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
She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Among those former ink-stained wretches were major talents like Le Batard, Bill Simmons, and Jemele Hill.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2023
When some of my fellow ink-stained wretches say things like “people are saying x should be fired,” the “people” are usually 15 randos with their cat as their profile pic.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
It’s doubtful anyone in the history of ink-stained wretches can match that record.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
They are surely not going to die like the wretches of 17th-century London or 18th-century Canton.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
Bundled thickly in his furs, Tyrion Lannister pulled on his gloves and nodded to the poor frozen wretches standing sentry outside the Commander's Keep.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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