Wretch

Definition

wretch /retʃ/ n ၁။ ဒုကၡေရာက္ေနသူ။ ကံဆိုးသူ။ a poor half-starved wretch. ၂။ ( often joc ) အေကာင္ယုတ္။ အေကာင္စုတ္။ He's a despicable wretch. ❍ You wretch! You've eaten my cake!

Examples

1. ‘After all
2. we get only occasional glimpses of helpless wretches living in slums
3. or in places far removed from our wonderful clean
4. green environment.’
5. ‘The poor wretch had no idea what he was getting into.’
6. ‘It was
7. evidently
8. some poor penniless wretch trying to keep from freezing to death on the coldest day of the year.’
9. ‘How I pity the unhappy wretches who are doomed to dwell in such a place!’
10. ‘Poor wretch
11. the officers tell me that he was caught robbing a loaf of bread from the basket of a wealthy Lady who had bought it.’
12. ‘You will agree
13. sir
14. that these wretches behaved like men whose nephews and grand-nephews were condemned in perpetuity to remain as poor as their ancestors.’
15. ‘For those poor wretches
16. many of whom are innocent of the charges they face
17. but who cannot afford big-name attorneys
18. they stew in prison and suffer in court.’
19. ‘His picture of writers as frustrated
20. unpraised
21. unrewarded wretches
22. pitied at parties and whispered about among families
23. drew laughter and wry nods.’
24. ‘Will your readers kindly give just one moment's thought in comparing with their own
25. who are well fed
26. clothed
27. housed and cared for
28. the poor wretches I have described?’
29. ‘If the writers win
30. the publishers fear they'll be vulnerable to lawsuits by ink-stained wretches and so will be forced to excise freelance articles from their databases.’
31. ‘The latter
32. poor wretches
33. are willing and ready to work in sweatshop conditions for $1 an hour
34. if that.’
35. ‘The poor wretch working the steady cam must have been exhausted.’
36. ‘I plan to see The Prisoner of Azkaban on Thursday
37. and even though that's a school day (in this state
38. anyway)
39. I just know the cinema will be packed with mewling wretches anyway.’
40. ‘The economy is heavily dependent on massive production of cotton
41. the revenue from which brings almost no economic benefit to the wretches who pick it in conditions of serfdom.’
42. ‘He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing
43. and looked on him with little pity.’
44. ‘But the tearful lover
45. turned away from her door
46. often smothers the threshold with flowers and garlands
47. and anoints the proud doorposts with marjoram
48. and plants kisses
49. poor wretch
50. on the door.’
51. ‘I hope someone turns the wretches in to the police.’
52. ‘It may be just a smear to you
53. mate
54. but it's life and death to some poor wretch.’
55. ‘I asked Miss D' Lish to send us a little info to help out those unfortunate wretches who might not be familiar with her life and work.’
56. ‘But then
57. we realize that if we do not help this poor wretch
58. it is going to turn out that
59. when we need help