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The children were taken into protective custody due to their wretched living conditions.wretched = miserable
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She wrote a book about the wretched excess on Wall Street.wretched = very bad
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The photograph showed poor people in a wretched village in East Africa.wretched = in terrible condition
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I sat there numb with horror. Wretched with helplessness. And I listened as Rosemary told them she would prefer to inject herself. Then she did so. I didn't watch. I looked away. (source)Wretched = miserable
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Does this mean we have to go the whole wretched way on foot again? (source)
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...the wretched boy was being sucked closer and closer towards the mouth of one of the great pipes that was dangling down into the river. (source)wretched = unfortunate
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But there was no way he'd go back to that wretched orphanage. (source)wretched = miserable (very bad)
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Happier than I, to future empire born, But doom'd a father's wretch'd fate to mourn!† (source)
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I have worked to find her a good match. Now we have found a noble gentleman, Good-looking, young, and honorable. And this wretched, whining fool says "No." (source)wretched = miserable
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And with that word he turned him anon. Then came her other friends many a one, And in the alleys roamed up and down, And nothing wist of this conclusion, But suddenly began to revel new, Till that the brighte sun had lost his hue, For th' horizon had reft the sun his light (This is as much to say as it was night); And home they go in mirth and in solace; Save only wretch'd Aurelius, alas He to his house is gone with sorrowful heart.† (source)
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Then Tirian rushed upon the wretched creature, picked it up by the scruff of the neck, (source)wretched = bad
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And thus in joy and bliss I let them dwell, And of the sick Aurelius will I tell In languor and in torment furious Two year and more lay wretch'd Aurelius, Ere any foot on earth he mighte gon; Nor comfort in this time had he none, Save of his brother, which that was a clerk.† (source)
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"Yes, wretched we are, precious," he whined. (source)wretched = unfortunate and miserable
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Aurelius, which yet despaired is Whe'er* he shall have his love, or fare amiss, *whether Awaited night and day on this miracle: And when he knew that there was none obstacle, That voided* were these rockes every one, *removed Down at his master's feet he fell anon, And said; "I, woeful wretch'd Aurelius, Thank you, my Lord, and lady mine Venus, That me have holpen from my cares cold."† (source)
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It made him remember things, and he became so wretched that he was ill. (source)wretched = miserable
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One or two tried to make friends with him, but he was too tired and too wretched to accept their advances. (source)
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