Sentence examples for wretched conflict from inspiring English sources

It was Pompadour who engineered the reversal of alliances in the mid-seventeen-fifties that embroiled France in that wretched conflict the Seven Years War.

The Sunningdale Agreement led to the setting up of a power-sharing executive, and for a short time it seemed that this wretched conflict was going to be settled in a way that gave both sets of aspirations some recognition.

So this move is, above all, a huge blow to the fragile humanitarian lifeline that has been keeping the wretched victims of the Darfur conflict alive.

Barca's magnificent start to the campaign, coupled with conflict-torn Real Madrid's wretched opening few months, ensured the destination of the league crown was effectively decided well before Christmas.

So he would never thunder about the organization man, as Whyte did: "It is wretched, dispiriting advice to hold before him that ideally there need be no conflict between him and society.

And they were wretched.

O wretched state!

Beeber was wretched.

Conditions are wretched.

"I feel absolutely wretched.

They are wretched birds.