‘the deplorable conditions in which most prisoners are held’
‘Even if their claims are exaggerated, any loss of life is deplorable and unacceptable.’
‘During the past two days, residents have been setting fires on the streets to highlight deplorable living conditions.’
‘Older people in the locality cannot recollect the roads ever having been in a more deplorable condition.’
‘The animals used for this trade are raised under deplorable conditions and killed solely for their skins and furs.’
‘Although not as large an operation as a puppy mill, backyard breeders often possess the same deplorable conditions.’
‘Housing conditions are frequently deplorable, overcrowded, and substandard.’
‘These deplorable conditions existed in military prisons of both sides.’
‘We have received a complaint from some tourists about a bear being mistreated and kept in deplorable conditions in a snake farm in Pattaya.’
‘Its focus has changed, that's all: it's no longer praise for conduct seen as admirable, but condemnation of antics seen as deplorable.’
‘The conditions inside the building are deplorable, terrible, disgusting.’
‘It is deplorable that the delay in undertaking the job was mainly attributed to the two parties' differences over channels of negotiations.’
‘‘I think it is a deplorable state of affairs,’ he told the town council.’
‘I am disappointed in the deplorable, unconscionable way they are trying to make this a political issue.’
‘Such an unthinkable and deplorable situation would affect every aspect of potential business and the quality of life for the future generations in Swindon.’
‘I write on behalf of a number of Joseph Rowntree pupils - all of whom have received deplorable service from the bus service over recent weeks.’
‘They fail to realize that elderly people, when reduced to a deplorable state of solitude, have all the more need for someone to talk to and interact with.’
‘The killing of innocents is deplorable and appalling in any part of the world.’
‘Not to say that Russell isn't right when he laments the deplorable state of modern culture.’
‘This was, after all, a world in which literacy was rare, and the quality of preaching deplorable.’
‘These kinds of outrages are deplorable and the perpetrators should be brought to justice.’