woebegone

Example Sentences

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Like Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Gabriel is a bit of a woebegone misfit in a long coat who needs assistance from the humans he is supposed to be assisting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“Why not just jump straight into the deep end?” said Karty, who is charged with remedying the Rams’ woebegone kicking of 2023 .

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Wilson was held to 95 yards passing with a touchdown and a pair of interceptions, and woebegone Denver finished with just 197 yards of total offense.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Alternately woebegone and hopeful, his star-studded “Lovin’ of the Game,” out Friday, is an ecstatic document of what the fiddle has meant to his story — and what he hopes to mean to its history.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023

I glanced at David, woebegone as always, but I knew he wasn’t sad at leaving Mr. Hull or at leaving China.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz