wretch

Example Sentences

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If Zabka weren’t so charming, we couldn’t have bought the proposition that an ignorant wretch like Johnny could be redeemable.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

You know, the one where “The wretch, concentred all in self / Living, shall forfeit fair renown”?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

She opposed what she described as a "Western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch".

From BBC • May 31, 2023

His Harry is in some ways the flip side of Smike, the poor mangled wretch he played in “The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” in the early 1980s.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

“Here is a marvel indeed,” they would say, and make comparisons with ordinary parents who sometimes bore a child of matchless brilliance; or with a devout couple who had brought forth a wretch.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya