wretched
Example Sentences
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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
They must avoid setting a new record if they are going to survive, with relegation rivals West Ham's 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa the sliver of hope needed on a wretched afternoon.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
However, Newcastle's wretched away form had been quietly turning following wins at Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Qarabag in recent weeks.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Bad news, chums: You’re characters in a movie by the Dardenne Brothers, whose cinema is a landscape of the wretched, dismal and deprived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
But Håkon looked so wretched and lost, and Anya decided that letting him find himself for a minute wouldn’t hurt.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.