sorry plight
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
Similar to 'sad', expresses pity for the unfortunate situation.
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Examples (10)
- The refugees were in a sorry plight after losing everything.
- I felt deep sympathy for her sorry plight.
- His financial plight was indeed a sorry one.
- The country found itself in a truly sorry plight after the war.
- Despite their sorry plight, they never lost hope.
- She described the children's sorry plight with tears in her eyes.
- The charity aims to alleviate the sorry plight of the homeless.
- It's a sorry plight when basic necessities are unaffordable.
- He was left in a sorry plight after his business failed.
- We must not ignore the sorry plight of those affected by the disaster.