How to Use deplorable in a Sentence

deplorable

adjective

• The rent is high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.
  — Scott Howard, National Review, 18 July 2023
• Fact is, the pushback in some precincts has been, in a word, deplorable.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2020
• Who in the world would draft Bronny James with his deplorable stats?
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• Ye’s downfall has taken a turn to the deplorable and sad.
  — Vulture, 30 Dec. 2022
• Washington is not a place to live in…the morals are deplorable.
  — Longreads, 8 May 2018
• Rain and wind made for deplorable conditions in the meet.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• The Democrats would classify me as a deplorable no doubt.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 2 Oct. 2019
• Two of the children, ages 14 and 16, were found in deplorable conditions in a locked barn.
  — Kizzy Cox, Essence, 2 July 2024
• But in Wilde’s day, the church was still the Scarlet Woman, home for the disreputable and deplorable.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2018
• With Corbyn, the list of deplorable things the British left has accepted is just as long.
  — James Kirchick, Slate Magazine, 22 Aug. 2017
• Yes, the Huskies showed a deplorable lack of defense for much of the night, but all that means to me is Utah took advantage.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
• Both of these deplorable leaders have led their peoples to a dead end.
  — Kai Bird, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
• Every part of the world has its history, and there’s a part of the history of the South that’s deplorable.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• And ransomware gangs are sinking to a new deplorable low.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
• The accusations levied at two of the biggest hip-hop stars of the last decade are deplorable if true.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• To not even try and make any adjustments during that game was deplorable to watch.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
• The only available answer is that the people who put him there must have been a collection of the deplorable and the dim.
  — Michael Ashcroft, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
• Others, were forced to live in deplorable conditions and weren't paid what they were promised.
  — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
• The misuse and mishandling of city funds is deplorable.
  — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• My cell service was 1 bar at home and work, deplorable service.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Some do deplorable things to hold on to that love; others do deplorable things when that love curdles.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 21 June 2024
• The most apparent reason to confine AI would be to stop it from deplorable acts.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Council members also said most of the house was in deplorable condition and the state had tried to shut the owner down.
  — Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 3 May 2017
• For those of us in the media, a dilemma arises in dealing with deplorable and racist tactics such as these.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2020
• Many of us have held deplorable views in the past, or may end up considering our current views to be such in the future.
  — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Apr. 2018
• The home was in deplorable condition, had no running water and the pool water was green.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Something must be done about the deplorable way the system treats bereaved parents.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
• Eighteen years of deplorable behavior appeared to be enough to force Sarver to sell the Suns.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
• And the biggest problem is the deplorable quarterback play.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Here, the screenplay puts characters in deplorable situations for their love of work, spouse and faith.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024