woebegone
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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
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
The Bengals are back in the mix of leading contenders in the AFC the season after their rapid ascent from woebegone to Super Bowl participant.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022
Kansas City instead marched methodically down field only to twice settle for field goals, leaving the woebegone Rams surprisingly within 13-3 lead at intermission.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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