wretch

Example Sentences

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Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.

From Literature

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

From Salon

This pathetic wretch longs to escape to Istanbul, where he can be around the worldly types he prefers.

From Los Angeles Times

At Rachel’s burial, Jackson angrily said, “I can and do forgive all my enemies. But those vile wretches who have slandered her must look to God for mercy.”

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times