wretched
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His early season form for Kent has been wretched, with a top score of 44 in five matches.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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
Their longer-term record against England was yet more wretched – Scotland had won just three of the previous 29 meetings.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
“Then that wretched Moon Witch and Ella St. Clay ruined all my work. It took all my strength to return, and this time, no one will stop me.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing wretched
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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