Sentence examples for general wretchedness from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, the deaths and the injuries and the general wretchedness of life in limbo in a jungle camp will be tacitly used to deter asylum seekers overseas and, more importantly, to remind voters that Abbott is hard on refugees, just as he promised.

I don't like to sound bitter, but down here we're on our way to hell in a handcart, battered by plagues, floods, famines, recessions, cold wars, blazing hot wars, displaced hordes, ruined lands and seas and general wretchedness, while they fritter their cleverness, energies and billions, poking about on a rock about 300m miles away.

By fairly common consent, a hangover will involve some combination of headache, upset stomach, thirst, food aversion, nausea, diarrhea, tremulousness, fatigue, and a general feeling of wretchedness.

The news media have added to the general sense of wretchedness with numerous we-told-you-so accounts of mishaps, glitches and grandiose plans gone awry.

"We are at the end of our tether and, of course, are planning protests and strikes against policies that have done nothing but lead to poverty and wretchedness," said Nikos Kioutsoukis, general secretary at GSEE, the country's biggest labour force.

The friendship story line acts mostly to tie together enthusiastically shot battlefield set pieces, innumerable episodes of intra-army abuse, and generally demonstrations of heroic endurance amid wretchedness.

The media make wretchedness commonplace.

Underlying mood: despair at the wretchedness of the Arab condition.

Wretchedness, depicted with great verve, plays as fun.

Mentions "wretchedness" of Chaim Soutine & describes his self-portrait.

Should art transcend human wretchedness, or embrace it?