Sentence examples for for wretched from inspiring English sources

Even for wretched performance, reductions in fees have been all too rare.

A lack of running water and lavatories in the camp made for wretched conditions.

Venezuela, my home country, made headlines in Britain last week, for wretched reasons.

Taylor arrived from Wigan in 2009 and made 110 appearances for Newcastle - a figure which would have been much higher was it not for wretched luck with injuries.

Playing in unwashed uniforms for wretched salaries, feeling cheated out of bonuses and meal money, the White Sox had reason to hate the penurious Comiskey.

The song uses little more than jazzy piano chords, shuffling house drums and a saxophone over its 10-minute length, which sounds like a recipe for wretched boredom.

And so Ian Huntley, who for years has stalked the young and vulnerable, and who for six wretched weeks, for 16 months, has stalked our imaginations, is walked from the dock, face expressionless, and vanishes from public view.

MATADOR Together, Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty were more famous for being wretched junkies than for their occasionally brilliant, often tedious music.

Most African countries charge around $3 a minute for international calls.The main reason for the wretched state of the telephone systems is that governments see them as money-making assets for themselves and their friends.

Speaking after training in the pastoral surrounds of the University of Western Australia, Saker was hearteningly open in accepting his share of responsibility for some wretched performances, and not least for the peculiar and unprecedented disintegration of Steven Finn as an international bowler.

He is also known for a wretched first touch and a proclivity for sending poor crosses to the middle of the field.