wretched

Example Sentences

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As wretched as smog was, Angelenos were not about to stop driving their cars, so the cars had to change.

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

Credit must also go to Brook, who kept Jacks in the attack for a third over which tempted Dunith Wellalage to charge and hit to mid-on – another wretched stroke.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

But for all “the tide of pomp that beats upon the high shore of the world . . . not all these, laid in bed majestical, can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The Red Army had held the invasion back from the Soviet capital, but it was the wretched Russian winter that really turned the tables.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein