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
After her bogus sob story elicits the sympathy of the wealthy collector and philanthropist, Liz then piques her interest with the offer of a Keith Haring painting that doesn’t exist.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
Her husband, Kyle Higginbotham, said he hoped her music career would be remembered as more than a "sob story."
From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024
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
He thinks of knocking on someone’s front door and making up some sob story about being stranded but knows that he would never go through with it.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
