“In Scotland, the scene suffers a take-over by Warbeck's bankrupt advisers and by the sharp-witted Frion, who despises them as abject scum of mankind.”
“These nationalists doubtless object to demands for an abject apology out of an inflated sense of their nation's superiority.”
“Despite the fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of people still live in abject poverty.”