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Wretches is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Wretches in a sentence

Wretches meaning

plural of wretch

Using Wretches

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of wretch

Context around Wretches

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

stained 1× two 1× real 1× miserable 1×

Often after:

walked 1×

Sentence patterns with Wretches

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ink stained wretches 1× of real wretches in violation 1× the miserable wretches that they 1× the two wretches walked up 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and thus while 1× the victim told 1× their glory has 1× william randolph hearst 1×

Common sentence endings:

ink stained wretches 1× law of humanity 1× run for it 1×

Words around Wretches

Just before it in the word index:

wretchedness 8 wretchedly 4 wretched 113 wretch 12 wrestplank 2 wrestling 2.133

Just after it in the word index:

wretzky 8 wrex 3 wrexham 594 wrf 5 wrgb 4 wrha 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Wretches

  • In this selection, "wretches" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, stained, two, real and walked stand out and add context to how "wretches" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ink stained wretches and of real wretches in violation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wretches" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wretches

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

William Randolph Hearst made a nice castle out of the keyboard-banging of ink-stained wretches. (16 words)

Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; better that they die than live the miserable wretches that they are. (22 words)

And thus, while he took effectual measures that none, under the reigned pretext of poverty, should elude the tax, he put to death a multitude of real wretches, in violation of every law of humanity. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

The victim told cops she was between DeKalb and Myrtle avenues, just before midnight when the two wretches walked up behind her, pushed her to the ground, and grabbed her tote bag, before making a run for it. (38 words)

And thus, while he took effectual measures that none, under the reigned pretext of poverty, should elude the tax, he put to death a multitude of real wretches, in violation of every law of humanity. (35 words)

Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; better that they die than live the miserable wretches that they are. (22 words)

Example sentences (4)

William Randolph Hearst made a nice castle out of the keyboard-banging of ink-stained wretches.

The victim told cops she was between DeKalb and Myrtle avenues, just before midnight when the two wretches walked up behind her, pushed her to the ground, and grabbed her tote bag, before making a run for it.

And thus, while he took effectual measures that none, under the reigned pretext of poverty, should elude the tax, he put to death a multitude of real wretches, in violation of every law of humanity.

Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; better that they die than live the miserable wretches that they are.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wretches" in a sentence?
An example: "William Randolph Hearst made a nice castle out of the keyboard-banging of ink-stained wretches." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "wretches" from authentic English texts.
What does "wretches" mean?
Wretches means: plural of wretch
How many example sentences with "wretches" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "wretches", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.