Sentence examples for pockets of abject from inspiring English sources
In effect disowned by both states, the enclaves are pockets of abject poverty.
The symbolism of mineral contamination is remarkably convenient for Roebourne, a pocket of abject poverty nestled amid some of Western Australia's wealthiest mining townships.
While they look fabulously natty with their pressed pocket squares and razor-sharp blazers, their images are all the more compelling set against a background of abject poverty -- in streets crowded with trash and half-dressed children, the peacocks strut.
He got the boot after 11 months of abject failure, but walked away with $13 million in severance pay plus the $10 million he pocketed as a signing bonus.
State of abject depression.
Love as a kind of abject hopefulness.
He saw this as a sign of abject cowardice.
His policies lifted millions out of abject poverty and misery.
(From where did he summon those looks of abject fright?).
Louise Hayling Enough of abject worship at the shrine of corporate business.
The level of abject poverty is the world's lowest.
