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as in misery
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as in baseness
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Recent Examples of wretchedness
As our cantankerous lead, Molina harumphs lovably from scene to scene, conveying both his character’s indomitable will and the wretchedness of his grief.
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Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
Director Penny Lane interviews jazz critics who howl at his wretchedness, then balances it with fans who simply don’t care.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
Director Penny Lane interviews jazz critics who howl at his wretchedness, then balances it with fans who simply don’t care.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wretchedness
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The Charlotte region will start feeling like a frying pan come Wednesday, and forecasters expect the sticky misery to linger into next week.
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But the misery of the heat would add to the story told over natural wine at a bar back home.
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The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.
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In the trailer, the young women are in despair over their sudden destitution.
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While the affluent are living longer, healthier lives, and retiring with a nest egg and their dignity, low-income workers are facing destitution.
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Sometimes the irony turns bitter and, with a typically Eastern European sensibility, highlights the paradoxes of institutions, as well as the madness and meanness born from the pursuit and preservation of power.
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After 1965, when African Americans’ right to vote was constitutionally recognized, the meanness continued.
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North Side schools have remained dominant in bringing in this outside funding, but some higher-poverty South and West Side campuses such as Kenwood increasingly held their own.
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Those concerns already exist within New Haven, and leaders would need to balance the existence of more than $1 billion in combined economic investment into local quantum efforts with the needs of a city where one quarter of residents lived in poverty in 2023.
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Luke and Kristen squabble for the entirety of the trip, which only adds to its miserableness.
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Thankfully, naked dressing is not only acceptable, but considered very in line with today's fashion trends—and the sheer skirt is the antidote to your summer woes.
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German politicians vowed Monday to prevent Volkswagen from cutting 100,000 jobs, as Berlin confronts the scale of the country’s industrial woes.
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In that context, the language of immigrant criminality becomes part of the rationale for detention rules, enforcement surges and legal changes that treat noncitizens as a standing public safety risk.
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Police sources say no criminality is suspected.
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“Wretchedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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