tale of woe
Example Sentences
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It is falling apart with a familiar tale of woe in Australia.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
As Saturday showed, it becomes a tale of woe when the three Bruins guards go 0 for 3.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
In this age of online trolls, rudeness passing as humor, and constant hate speech by politicos, what does one say to show empathy with a friend’s or acquaintance’s tale of woe, discomfort or loss?
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021
Prosecutors say she got nearly $58,000 in aid from the Waterloo couple after telling them her tale of woe.
From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2019
The preacher is rapt with attention as Katherine begins spinning out a tale of woe and misery so pitiful that it belongs in a weekly serial.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
