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Discover Ludwig"poor wretch" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who is in a pitiable or unfortunate situation. You can use it in any situation where you want to express sympathy or pity for someone. For example: - "I saw a poor wretch begging for food on the street corner." - "The poor wretch had lost everything in a fire and had nowhere to go." - "The villagers saw the poor wretch struggling to survive in the harsh winter conditions."
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Nowhere he lives, poor wretch! and everywhere.
Chatham brightened up noticeably, although one poor wretch was troubled.
This she affirms; and this, poor wretch, she suffer'd.
In what conceivable way was this poor wretch a customer?
Oh, how long and joyfully the poor wretch relished these gifts!
So the poor wretch was not a fairy after all, thought Adam.
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The defence responded with three witnesses, who each believed that they had encountered a "poor, miserable wretch" at the end of January, when she claimed to have escaped.
"Poor wretches who have never tasted love / away!
clings to you as one would cling to God if he were more visible to us poor wretches! and it is to him I turn.
Now the worker earns the same as the poor wretches who wash shredded plastics in chemicals without the benefit of gloves.
They reject the image of poor wretches, constantly in trouble with the police, who know neither how to behave properly nor how to control their children.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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