wretched
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His early season form for Kent has been wretched, with a top score of 44 in five matches.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Villa's wretched 2-1 home defeat by Tottenham on Sunday - a third consecutive loss - did not give them the ideal platform, even if Emery made eight changes.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Still, Ohm is more despairing and miserable than any of the wretched worms Scott has acted to date.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Harriet Blaine wrote her daughter of the dilemma: "Poor dear Gaffy, how wretched it is! Wounded and sore and hurt to the death, he now to save his life, must dare to lose it."
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing wretched
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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