wretchedness
Example Sentences
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"They start looking for one other individual to save them, to save them from the wretchedness of their lives."
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
He, too, overcame wretchedness: a chunk on No. 5.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 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
Those are months of bruises and wretchedness: rooms pitching like sailboats, half-open doors striking Marie-Laure’s face.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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