Sentence examples for At wretched from inspiring English sources

Dowden chronicles the problems of colonialism and geography, but he also bluntly points the finger at wretched leadership.

Before this Subway Series business is over, some New York baseball player could be remembered as a Bill Mazeroski or a Joe Carter, who finished off a World Series with a single swing, or a Mickey Owen or a Bill Buckner, who had balls go past them at wretched moments.

Saving the world from total annihilation might seem to be a more important cause than throwing bricks at some wretched, pug-faced Nazis, but at least the fascists have a reasonable chance of being defeated.

The peculiarly British scandal of MPs' expenses (think claims for duck houses and bills for moat-cleaning) broke at a wretched time, just as voter anger exploded at the rewards grabbed by City of London whizz kids who seemed to have blown up the economy.

Napoleon turned to literature, or at least an early precursor of chick-lit, at a wretched time when he seemed to have stalled his glorious career and lost his woman.

Being with Margaret and Barry Mizen makes me feel at once wretched yet hopeful.

Check voice mail again.... Go into bathroom, or to nearest mirror, and stare at your wretched self while repeating, "Idiot.

But Italians are living much longer, the economy is growing more slowly and unemployment is stuck at a wretched 12% of the would-be working population.

Her mission wasn't to judge how people arrived at their wretched state, but rather to comfort and care for them.

Nonattendance at the wretched conference is still a snub to Riyadh, it could be argued, and, besides, companies are well advised to leave political statements to politicians.

Inspired by a true story, a black woman's suicide forces a white train-driver to look at the wretched lives of the black underclass.