abject
Example Sentences
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For just over 30 minutes, attention officially then turned to the future - what would come next for Scotland after another abject major tournament showing.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Brontë subjects her characters to the competing influences of the two houses; those who venture too close to the Heights—such as Catherine’s daughter, years later—get sucked into the abject darkness within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Her purity and devotion are difficult to portray with the requisite sincerity—today she would seem abject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But weeks went by with no response from the tech companies and no sign of who might be sending her those messages - as Krug lived in abject fear, constantly on high alert.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Cora figured that a new wave of immigrants would replace the Irish, fleeing a different but no less abject country, the process starting anew.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing abject
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Grade 12, List 1
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