* Descriptive: "The wretched smell of rotting garbage filled the alleyway."
* Emotional state: "After losing her job, she felt wretched and hopeless."
* Negative situation: "He lived in a wretched hovel on the outskirts of town."
* Figurative language: "The poor, wretched creature shivered in the cold."
* Literary: "The villain's laughter echoed through the halls, a sound both menacing and wretched."
Remember that "wretched" implies a state of great misery, misfortune, or unpleasantness.