Example Sentences

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When some of my fellow ink-stained wretches say things like “people are saying x should be fired,” the “people” are usually 15 randos with their cat as their profile pic.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

They are surely not going to die like the wretches of 17th-century London or 18th-century Canton.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020

They had of course become very dirty and on that account they have been reproached as degraded wretches.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2019

For all of us ink-stained wretches, the hate mail is more vicious than ever.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2018

"Some loose tongues spread tales of the preparations for Tyrek's wedding feast, and these wretches got it in their heads they should be feasted too. His Grace led a sortie and sent them scurrying."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin