They have looted a wretchedly poor economy and brought international sanctions down on their fellow citizens.

They were often wretchedly poor homeless children who shrieked the headlines well into the night and often slept on the streets.

His book was a wretchedly poor one, generally speaking, and it could be no credit to either of us to appear between its covers.

Irish mine workers, overwhelmingly Democratic and wretchedly poor, saw in the war an opportunity to strike for higher wages.

"We're creating an enormous mass of wretchedly poor people," he said.

However, few local residents have obtained jobs in these factories, causing resentment, and there are still many villages that are wretchedly poor.

She was the eldest of a family of nine, all wretchedly poor.

"I suppose I'm wretchedly poor in spirit these days."

The Cravens were a prolific lot, wretchedly poor but very fertile.

But he was surprised to find such good eating, in such a wretchedly poor hamlet.