wretched
Example Sentences
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They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
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
Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.
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
No one was even sure John could survive the wretched Highway 3 to reach Port-au-Prince.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing wretched
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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