Sentence examples for despicable condition from inspiring English sources

After the philosopher departs, the king decides to speak with the Christians and the Muslims on the assumption that one of their forms of practice must be pleasing to God, but he declines to speak with the Jews owing to their paltry numbers, despicable condition, and the universal contempt in which they are held.

An anonymous contemporary pamphlet describes the "despicable condition" the troupe had been reduced to: The disproportion was so great at parting, that it was almost impossible, in Drury Lane, to muster up a sufficient number to take in all the parts of any play; and of them so few were tolerable, that a play must of necessity be damned, that had not extraordinary favour from the audience.

It's hard to fathom why a compassionate society would allow the despicable conditions to continue in troubled homes for mentally ill adults in New York State.

Living as they do in a fortunately, if implausibly temperate, climate at the South Pole, they are condemned to darkness for six months of the year; yet they also crave the darkness, shun the light, and, in further inversions, consider poverty to be the greatest blessing, and wealth, privilege and power to be despicable conditions.

This class, still among the most fragile in India, people who have newly emerged from the most dire conditions, are despicable to her.

Banksy is not only a graffiti writer, but also a social activist whose works highlight the deplorable conditions of the working poor, the despicable treatment of animals by food conglomerates, and the backwardness of global-warming deniers.

"The IDF will take all measures to bring the perpetrators of this despicable act to justice, restore the site to its previous condition and ensure that the freedom of worship returns to Joseph's Tomb," said Mr Lerner.

It is obvious that the reason this condition has been imposed is to protect these three categories of despicable individuals.

The dictator whose portrait emerges from those ­tropical-flower sentences is monstrous and despicable — yet even his creepiest tyrannical traits are presented as signs of the human condition, deserving of pity and compassion, maybe even a kind of sorrowful love.

Increasingly, politicians and policy makers are trying to blame the unemployed for their condition, and to see this shameful propaganda trickle down to hiring decisions is truly sad and despicable".

Brilliant or despicable?