I felt wretched for a long time after I told the lie. From LearnThat.org.
He heard himself called a wretched young quill-driver. From Wordnik.com. [Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea] Reference
He raised his voice and said: Oh, how wretched is my fate!. From Wordnik.com. [Selection from _Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred_] Reference
She almost died in wretched poverty, saved at the very end by a rediscovery of her work. From Wordnik.com. [HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LIZA!] Reference
From her childhood her family lost its possessions, and she grew up in wretched circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference
We might even be better off if we called the wretched company's bluff and cut off the money now. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Her clothes, although in wretched condition, still indicated more comfortable circumstances than. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana] Reference
Albert wore haircloth next to the skin, and clothed himself with coarse cloth and in wretched garments. From Wordnik.com. [St Albert of Trapani] Reference
"You still have that beetle with you," she asked -- "the Biz-biz, or whatever it is you call the wretched insect?". From Wordnik.com. [The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle] Reference
But how will it be passed like the preceding days in wretched poverty, hopeless grief, and miserable darkness!. From Wordnik.com. [Act II] Reference
The wretched are the faithful; 't is their fate 60. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4] Reference
Few people would relish being called the wretched of the earth or a wretch. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The defense has been wretched, which is why overmatched Ted Cottrell was rightly canned. From Wordnik.com. [FOXSports.com News] Reference
Anyone who has visited my abode knows that it is decorated in a style best described as wretched excess. From Wordnik.com. [George Heymont: The Unadulterated Joy of Wretched Excess] Reference
There`s no doubt that the late `70`s to the late `80`s were a period for us best defined as wretched excess. From Wordnik.com. [We don’t sell records,we sell dreams: Janis Ian] Reference
When all is over, I shall take Sybil away, where there will be nothing to recall her wretched past; and there. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
It is a kind of wretched comfort to him to be near Florence's true friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
Just don't let that kind of wretched human being infect or affect your decision. From Wordnik.com. [blog: Too Public] Reference
The mental tone in which Damia said "wretched" indicated that she didn't apply the usual meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Damia's Children]
I live in Italy, and while some things here are 'wretched', I'd say it's the corruption that causes it, not the lack of economic freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Podcasting: A New Experience, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Those we call wretched are a clidsen band. From Wordnik.com. [The complaint; or Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality. With the life of the author] Reference
“What did they call the wretched being?”. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
"'Who calls the wretched thing that was Alphonso?'. From Wordnik.com. [Amelia — Complete] Reference
He has called Abraham "wretched," St. Thomas President. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
He qualifies russet twice as "wretched" in describing a moor. From Wordnik.com. [George Borrow The Man and His Books] Reference
"Do ye recall a wretched little thieftaker named Harley Boble?. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
"You said my 'wretched' son, I think?" said Sir John, with a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
What comfort is there discoverable for the wretched which is not based upon illusion?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Rutherford's Deliverance] Reference
Caribbean island awash with the kind of wretched excess that Snow, 62, a self-confessed. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Nine out of ten of those so-called wretched creatures can trace their wretchedness to drink. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Colossus A Novel] Reference
The Huffington Post called it '' wretched '', and Time magazine said it was a '' godawful mishmash ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
This kind of wretched inbreeding is hard to find outside of the world of crime, or what Ned Beatty stumbles on in. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Middleton's solicitor Richard Goddard said he had endured a "wretched" upbringing and had been in and out of foster care. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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