WRETCHED in a Sentence
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219 example sentences for WRETCHED, such as:
1. Guy felt wretched about it now.
2. I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
3. Before the poor wretch had time to speak, he was shot.
4. She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
5. Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
2. I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
3. Before the poor wretch had time to speak, he was shot.
4. She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
5. Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WRETCHED
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wretched
a. morally reprehensible
a. deserving or inciting pity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
2 The picture appeared a vast and dim scene of evil, and I foresaw obscurely that I was destined to become the most wretched of human beings.
3 She most of all," said Ernest, "requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched.
4 During the whole of this wretched mockery of justice I suffered living torture.
5 Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.
6 These events have affected me, God knows how deeply; but I am not so wretched as you are.
7 If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.
8 I learned from Werter's imaginations despondency and gloom, but Plutarch taught me high thoughts; he elevated me above the wretched sphere of my own reflections, to admire and love the heroes of past ages.
9 Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was.
10 Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you.
11 With new courage, therefore, I pressed on, and in two days arrived at a wretched hamlet on the seashore.
12 Hear him not; call on the names of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart.
13 Miserable himself that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die.
14 Under that impulse she had made her choice, and had chosen, as it now appeared, the more wretched alternative of the two.
15 After sitting with them a few minutes, the Miss Steeles returned to the Park, and Elinor was then at liberty to think and be wretched.
Example Sentence:
1 She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
2 Guy felt wretched about it now.
3 Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
4 You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
5 "Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind," said Alice: "three inches is such a wretched height to be."
6 The unhealthy nature of the site; the quantity and quality of the children's food; the brackish, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupils' wretched clothing and accommodations.
7 The wretch used to requite his benefactors by betraying them.
8 Before the poor wretch had time to speak, he was shot.
9 One strong proof of my wretchedly defective nature is, that even her expostulations, so mild, so rational, have not influence to cure me of my faults.