wretch
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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
“Barbarous wretch: do you think I can live by imagination alone?”
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Meeting Wilson after the game for an interview in a conference room at Camp Randall Stadium, I was startled that a 5-foot-11, ink-stained wretch like me could look him straight in the eye.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
But Beowulf told them to leave the wretch to himself.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
When some of my fellow ink-stained wretches say things like “people are saying x should be fired,” the “people” are usually 15 randos with their cat as their profile pic.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
They are surely not going to die like the wretches of 17th-century London or 18th-century Canton.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
They had of course become very dirty and on that account they have been reproached as degraded wretches.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2019
The perfect show for all of us ink-stained wretches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
“Ah, yes, I hear these naughty ones go to vex you, Mees Marsch. If so again, call at me and I come,” he said, with a threatening frown that delighted the little wretches.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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