Sentence examples for abject situation from inspiring English sources

"It is an absolutely abject situation in Calais, there are harmful levels of bacteria and the hygiene situation is appalling," he added.

The display includes extended wall vitrines lightly strewn with sculptural fragments, found detritus and occasional bits of neon that suggest a kind of abject situation -- architectural or stage-set models or neglected displays of antiquities.

How many times in a lifetime do we streak off in a direction contrary to the call we hear in our heart, only to find ourselves tempest-tossed, downcast, and at the point of despair, looking prayerfully upward from an abject situation, resolving to do better if only given another shot, and in the end wind up giving thanks for the tremendous miracle of a second chance!

Four months in a Russian winter, observing humanity at its most abject, is a situation many would find depressing.

He soon married a well-to-do woman, and for a brief halcyon period, Ms. Guy recounted, the girls "were swept from abject poverty to a situation where we were being taken to picnics on the weekend in a chauffeur-driven car".

"The vast majority of people with disabilities in Haiti live in abject poverty, and the situation, obviously, is very tough.

He gives the impression, in other words, that he actually knows what is going on physiologically in situations of abject terror — that he knows, say, what it really takes in the way of oxygen denial to cause a blackout.

These policies are forcing undocumented migrants into situations of abject destitution and exploitation as they struggle to live under the radar.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio — It isn't easy to stand up in an open courtroom and bear witness to the abject wretchedness of your financial situation, but by the time Doug Wallace Jr. was 31 years old, he had little to lose by trying.

DJIBOUTI, 14 June 2010 – A new report reveals that the majority of children in Djibouti live in abject poverty, which exposes them to life-threatening situations.

Says Minter of the situation: "[The claims] are all abject bollocks, but set up legally so as to be expensive for anyone to contest.