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

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