woful

Example Sentences

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Shall I ever forget that woful face, white as the face of death, rigid with the calmness of despair?

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

O woful Mars! alas! what mayst thou seyn, That in the paleys of thy disturbaunce Art left behinde, in peril to be sleyn? . . . . . . . . . . .

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.

In many a woful heart's disaster He felt the pang!

From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher

Despite their industry there is, nevertheless, woful poverty amid the peasants of Nevada.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

"They will not hang me?" she whispered, and looked up into his face with all the terrors of the night still in her woful eyes.

From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John