deplorable

Example Sentences

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"They left me there all night, with damp walls, toilets in a deplorable state with hundreds of cockroaches and fecal matter that has built up over months," Castro recounted.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

"The bears were kept in deplorable conditions and we were desperate to set them free," said Mr Knight.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called Leavitt’s Fox comments “a deplorable moment,” highlighting how senior officials’ words can quickly dominate headlines and social media.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

She considered it a deplorable lapse on the part of her subjects not to tell her everything and at once.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman