sob story
Example Sentences
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If he has a sob story about how he has to collect the car now, say no.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025
So are the film’s many montages underlining Ryuta’s plight — he toils at multiple jobs to care for his sick mother — that reduce the character to something of a sob story.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
"I kept my story a secret. I didn't want to tell anyone. I didn't want it to be a celebrity sob story," she said.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023
It's also an experience almost everyone can relate to — the stranger's sob story that doesn't quite check out, the email that looks almost exactly like it came from your credit card company.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023
“Anyhow, I asked could I have back my old bartending job on the Coral Queen. I gave a big sob story about Lice bailin’ out on me, and how I was hurtin’ for money.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
