wretchedness
Example Sentences
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But alarms were going off on Thursday at Hampden as Scotland somehow beat Greece 3-1 after an hour of wretchedness.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
Students in Taiwan are free of such wretchedness.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2022
The best bulwark against disgust — the only bulwark against so much of life’s wretchedness — is, in the end, denial.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
The Broncos’ wretchedness in the red zone is nothing new.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
At such times he had the joy of looking at her, but also the wretchedness of knowing she would never look at such a one as he seemed to be.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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