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  • r  in a hopeless resigned manner
    she shrugged her shoulders abjectly

  • That brouhaha was the most abjectly embarrassing (even from the point of view of an observer) display of Republican lack of dignity of self.
  • But Harry Truman was not the abjectly humble man of 1945 who had begged every casual visitor to pray for him.
  • To Nasser's further embarrassment, last week a Nasserite coup was staged in Iraq and failed abjectly (see below).
Quotes

  • Ban Ki-moon in AllAfrica.com
    This was an abjectly cowardly strike against civilian officials serving humanity's highest ideals under the UN banner - base, indecent and unjustifiable by even the most barbarous political standard,Mr. Ban stated.
  • Alan Hevesi in Bizjournals.com
    I can't do more than apologize, abjectly apologize,Hevesi said during the debate.
  • Andrew Lansley in guardian.co.uk
    Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, said: "The NHS abjectly failed to listen to what patients and relatives were telling them about what was happening at the hospital."

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