betide

Example Sentences

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Woe betide anyone who didn't meet Amorim's standards.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Woe betide the grounds passholder who shows up at the “wrong” entrance; you may be made to walk several blocks, though several on Monday attempted to argue with U.N. police.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Woe betide the civic leader in a company town who threatens to buck the company’s interests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022

Time waits for no man, but if Nadal brings his A-game like their last meeting, that semi-final of 2019, then woe betide Tsitsipas.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2021

Nay, nay, whatever may now betide in war, my line too is ending, even the House of the Stewards has failed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien