Sentence examples for wretched fortunes from inspiring English sources
He did not see a reason why the Islanders cannot start turning their wretched fortunes around right now.
Donne's letters show his love and concern for his wife during these years: "Because I have transplanted [her] into a wretched fortune, I must labour to disguise that from her by all such honest devices, as giving her my company, and discourse".
Ah, the wretched luck of England captains.
Anthony Morabito's wretched luck also continues.
Bette is one of these - on her deathbed "quite wretched at the good fortune that was shining on her family", her only comfort is that they have no idea how she hates them and are, therefore, "mourning her as the good angel of the family".
It was also, considering some of Mr Cameron's colourful predecessors, probably wrong.Stop press; go tweetThe real political impact of this wretched tale goes far beyond the fortunes of a frustrating prime minister.
There was a lot of wretched excess.
For his part, Heathcliff, having made a mysterious fortune, trades the rags of his wretched youth for a velvet coat and breeches.
She gets paid a fortune to write about how bonkers and wretched she is, because people long to read that stuff – turns out she's the most straightforward person in there.
For a guy who has written dozens of books, sold millions of them and made a fortune along the way, Stephen King sure does make the writing life sound wretched.
