wretched

• Then the rebels--wretched, unsuccessful farmers, who found themselves misled and their ideas of duty confounded--these were the chief objects of the lust for revenge. —  The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900
• Here the wretched were shot and hung in sight of their trembling comrades. —  Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
• But of all the wretched, the Cyprians were the foremost. —  Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
• Yesterday she had thought herself wretched, and now her burden of care for Harry was pressing with tenfold weight. —  Janet's Love and Service
• Oh, most foul and wretched was the mania which inspired us! —  A Voyage round the World A book for boys

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