Use of the word wretched in a sentence example

wretched

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The wretched machine would not start. [adverb]

She lives in a wretched, filthy hovel with two grown up daughters whom she will not suffer to work or learn anything. [adjective]

The woman had a black eye, and was in a wretched condition, whilst the house was reeking with filth and dirt. [adjective]

"Can we do aught to assist the wretched man." [adjective]

Oh, sister, you must know him better than I do; and yet I, who am nothing to him, am wretched when I see him ill-used. [adjective]

"You might expect the worst in her case, knowing the wretched life she leads with Monsieur." [adjective]

Oh, how clearly it comes back to me--those empty streets, the smoke of the fires, the wretched ragged creatures begging for bread. [adjective]

The fishing-fleet, as they call their wretched tubs, will come home, with the usual fuss, to-night, and on Monday it shall be ashes. [adjective]

If she have a fit of the vapours, or an aching tooth, I am wretched. [adjective]

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