woful

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Tired, hungry, wet, cold, disheartened, the immigrants who had so jauntily descended the River to this “Strait of Horrors,” presented a most woful appearance.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison

A woful end to all their golden hopes and happiness.

From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John

Then up rose Eckart, like a thing That starts from out the dim moonlight; His furrowed cheek betrays the sting Of many a woful day and night.

From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

Love potions were asked for, and charms to bring back lost love, with special earnestness, and the woful looks assumed when I told the applicants that I could do nothing for them were sadly suggestive.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Their appearance was so woful that it became a by-word.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee