wretchedly

Example Sentences

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Wretchedly as they have been playing, England are entitled to feel that they have the experience and character to deal with this situation.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2010

Wretchedly funny excess seems the point of the exercise, not to mention the hallmark of the years portrayed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wretchedly she attempted to press herself free, her elbow against Keith's breast.

From Nocturne by Swinnerton, Frank

He couldn't see the man who walked in front; Only he heard the drum and rattle of feet Stepping along the trench-boards,—often splashing Wretchedly where the sludge was ankle-deep.

From The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Sassoon, Siegfried

Wretchedly paid and housed, and toiling long hours, the workers lived like the serfs of medieval days or as their own ancestors did in colonial times.

From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)