How to Use abject in a Sentence

abject

adjective

• She thought he was an abject coward.
• They live in abject misery.
• He offered an abject apology.
• Or live like an abject pauper and park in the driveway.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
• To the virus, to our political system, to the era of abject hate.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
• What else is there to say when the team has been an abject disaster over the last decade?
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• Both artists were preoccupied with the abject side of the human body — the body as meat.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 July 2019
• At this point of the season, that could prove to be an abject disaster.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2020
• The theory was wrong, and the war was an abject failure.
  — Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
• Either way, the dark side wins and the weakest among us are forced to suffer and die in abject anonymity.
  — Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, National Review, 7 June 2019
• And nobody hires a coach they are not blown away by, even those who turn out to be abject failures.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
• The attempt was an abject failure, with the Grizzlies going back to Tyus Jones in that role.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
• Of course Caldwell doesn’t want to talk about such abject failure.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2017
• The home opener last year against the Ravens was an abject disaster and set the tone, in the worst way, for the offense all season.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• All these men are white and their tenure was an abject failure.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 3 June 2020
• The Cowboys are 1-3, the defense is abject, the offense turns the ball over way too much and their special teams make more bad plays than good.
  — Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2020
• Of course, this doesn't mean that the abject misery of the people left behind can be forgotten.
  — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2020
• The experiment to trust them with keys to the offense looks like an abject failure.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2022
• But that deal was an abject failure, and all of Sprint's success came crashing down.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Aug. 2020
• On one hand this is a film about embracing the small things that bring you joy, despite the abject chaos of the world that is crumbling around us.
  — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
• Before a hue and cry emanates to play Tua, there (still) needs to be a hue and cry to fix this abject offensive line.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2020
• But isn’t that what most of us want, at the end of a long day of learning way too much about an abject idiot like Sam Nunberg?
  — Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 7 Mar. 2018
• For $18, two Dungeness crab cakes fell apart at the fork due to abject mushiness — forget about any lumps, or taste, of crab.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 9 Aug. 2017
• Her portrayal of Queen Anne is compelling, and made all the better for her embrace of the abject.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 3 Jan. 2019
• The abject horror of staring down an empty page waiting to be filled.
  — Malina Saval, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
• For Afghans, the war brought countless fresh graves and frequent doses of abject misery.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• The abject joy at blowing bubbles or shaking bodies to a catchy song.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2021
• The final two minutes of the half were an abject disaster for the Patriots.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
• But none of us could have prepared for the stress — abject, encompassing — that 2020 would bring.
  — Allure, 18 Nov. 2020
• The balance between abject violence and broad humor only works because of the comic prowess of the cast — with Coolidge, of course, the true standout.
  — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024