deplorable
Example Sentences
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There was Deion and company, thousands with their arms outstretched, praying for one of the community’s deplorables.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
I say all this because I want those people who have power, voice and agency not to give up on the "deplorables."
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2022
Even if you belong in the basket of deplorables — Americans uninterested in baseball — you should be intrigued by the sport’s current problems.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021
“Sick” and “twisted”, judged Fox anchor Lou Dobbs, adding that the idea of elites hunting deplorables sounded “a little too real”.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020
Carrie is an awful mother, especially considering what she knows of the world and why she--and her little girl--might be targets for a full basket of deplorables 24/7.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2017
Vocabulary lists containing deplorable
The Book Thief
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Grade 11, List 4
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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