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
"He lived in abject poverty. His home had been destroyed," his son, Wilson Maina Kiambati, told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Mr. Leon’s staging and Ms. DiDonato’s performance built a compelling arc: The real Christmas miracle is not Amahl’s sudden cure, but the transformation of the Mother’s abject despair into hope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Born James Chambers in 1944, Cliff grew up as the eighth of nine children in abject poverty in the parish of St. James, Jamaica.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
In the last two centuries, abject slavery, with us for thousands of years or more, has been almost eliminated in a stirring planet-wide revolution.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing abject
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 12, List 1
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