abject
Example Sentences
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The issues they faced were "about as abject as failure can get in our world", he added.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS—When Dusty May took over as Michigan’s basketball coach in 2024, he was stepping into an abject disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"He lived in abject poverty. His home had been destroyed," his son, Wilson Maina Kiambati, told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Schindler, the former U.N. counterterrorism official, blamed the rapid dissemination of such footage on “an abject failure of the platforms” to police content.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Whoever wins will begin their life as a scythe in abject sorrow, never to forget the cost of that ring.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing abject
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Grade 12, List 1
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