Word: abjectly
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...famous, notorious." Such heady ambitions are fairly common in the young, but the Oxford undergraduate who uttered these words in 1874 got all of his wishes, and then some. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde not only achieved the most glittering renown of his era but the most abject humiliation as well. He flew higher and fell farther than any of his contemporaries, and his life had become a legend well before his death in a shabby Paris hotel in 1900. He had wrought his fate in only 46 years, but they were, to put it mildly, eventful ones. "Nothing...
...remember images of abject poverty in this the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Thin people leading thinner cows down the roads. Malnourished children eating toasted ears of corn on the sidewalk. And all of this across the street from a presidential palace the size of the Jefferson Memorial...
DAVE, THE MOST grotesquely warped of our trio, made a grab for the steel ball and disappeared down the hallway, yelling something about Bowling for Doorknobs. Austin and I exchanged glances of abject terror. We knew about Dave's fetish for doors. One door in particular. "Daaaaaaaaave...
...theatre existed on the verge of bankruptcyfor most of its lifetime. Actors and poets often"sewed their own costumes while learning theirlines," said Sayre. "But they saw a thrill inpresiding over abject poverty...
...would thus have to wait an unconscionably long time for relief. Ungar and Vale conclude: "Despite the frequent declaration from many quarters about the willingness of Black South Africans to endure sacrifices in exchange for eventual freedom, it is not for the United States to condemn them to more abject poverty and deprivation...