Lay long in bed, talking with pleasure with my poor wife, how she used to make coal fires, and wash my foul clothes with her own hand for me, poor wretch!
I do and shall love her, but, poor wretch, she is now almost ready to lie down.
Virro himself drowns his fish in oil from Venafrum; but the pale cabbage set before you, poor wretch, will stink of the lamp.
Is not this a greater crime than sends many a poor wretch to the treadmill?
Poor wretch, quoth the Pharisee to the Publican, What comest thou for?
A poor wretch, who had taught his son to blaspheme, was affected with a nervous twisting of the muscles of his chest.
And then she gave him a siren kiss, No honeycomb e'er was sweeter; Poor wretch!
Thy Lord made thee rich, and thou art become a poor wretch.
Their king sits in the loftiest hut and dispenses upright judgments to the multitude, poor wretch!
Then sitting down she wavered in mind and said: "Poor wretch, must I toss hither and thither in woe?
Poor wretch, must I toss hither and thither in woe?
Poor wretch, I wish I had looked after him more, and done more for him.
But you see, Edwards, you will have to admit that you were aware this poor wretch was in communication with some secret society or other.
To which he said, "Eat, poor wretch, yonder calf, for great is thy need of it.
Show me this grace and favour, poor wretch that I am, knocking at your door.
Apparently, dearest brothers, you have a desire to increase and preserve the welfare of your city; and this desire moved you to write to me, poor wretchthat I am, full of faults.
But if you will wreak vengeance and justice, take them upon me, poor wretch, and give me any pain and torment that may please you, even to death.
The river will end all, and not disfigure your beauty, that has driven me mad, and cost you, poor wretch, your life.
Riviere's natural jealousy revived, and found constant food in the attention Rose paid Camille, a brilliant colonel living in the house while he, poor wretch, lived in lodgings.
Knepp looked upon us, but I durst not shew her any countenance; and, as well as I could carry myself, I found my wife uneasy there, poor wretch!
Dismayed by thy snares that all abhor, Brothers on earth thou hast no more; Poor wretch, thou fill'st me with loathing; fly!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poor wretch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
