Example Sentences

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"They start looking for one other individual to save them, to save them from the wretchedness of their lives."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

He, too, overcame wretchedness: a chunk on No. 5.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

The best bulwark against disgust — the only bulwark against so much of life’s wretchedness — is, in the end, denial.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

“I do not think it will,” stopping to look once more at all the outward wretchedness of the place, and recall the still greater within.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen