Wretches

Examples

• Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You are worse than Dancer, worse than Hopkins, worse than Blackberry Jones, worse than any of the wretches. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It isn't their fault (poor wretches! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• What are the restless wretches doing now? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• For years, ma'am, I was one of the most miserable little wretches ever seen. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Turn them wretches away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Tom's whole soul overflowed with compassion and sympathy for the poor wretches by whom he was surrounded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Tiresome wretches! Jane Austen. Emma.
• The dreadful wretches that ma brings up at places to torment me, are not lovers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Let these wretches be removed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It's all the fault of you two wretches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For shame, noble Athelstane, said Cedric; forget such wretches in the career of glory which lies open before thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Two of the abominable wretches watched all last week at the greengrocer's opposite, and we could not get away until Sunday. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Those abject wretches--' 'Don't call names, Rokesmith,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As she looked at it, and drew in her head again, murmuring, Wretches! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You don't know what a provoking, stupid, careless, unreasonable, childish, ungrateful set of wretches they are. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If so again, call at me and I come, he said, with a threatening frown that delighted the little wretches. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Typist: Sanford