Sentence examples for they were abject from inspiring English sources

They were abject once again here, however, with their sloppiness punished by a dynamic Atalanta side who scored three times in the first half through Andrea Masiello, the captain Alejandro Gómez and Bryan Cristante.

Not only are they objects, they are abject, terminally unable to cope with the exigencies of adult life, of the bewildering array of life choices modern society offers us, from vaginal butchery to jobs in the service sector.

Tottenham were abject in the first half, they trailed to Martin Paterson's goal and were booed off at the break.

Scotland were abject in conditions that should have suited the underdog but they had no hunger or bite.

United, however, were abject.

For that period United were abject.

Some of the individual displays were abject.

The senior boys were abject hypocrites.

Liverpool were as brilliant as Porto were abject.

Celtic were abject in every area of their play.

For the actor Colin Firth, history lessons at school were "abject misery".