Example Sentences

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"Every space is filled with my feelings of wretchedness and desperation," Ruth wrote.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

I’d started taking estrogen and progesterone to avoid the saggy skin, weight gain, and all-around wretchedness of getting old.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

The Broncos’ wretchedness in the red zone is nothing new.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

EDT, more than 14 hours after the procedural wretchedness began.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2021

When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of passing through the X-ray scanner.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris