betide

Example Sentences

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And woe betide any member of the cabinet who upset his mistress.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

But woe betide anyone who tried to give her out-of-season berries.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Woe betide the civic leader in a company town who threatens to buck the company’s interests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022

Time waits for no man, but if Nadal brings his A-game like their last meeting, that semi-final of 2019, then woe betide Tsitsipas.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2021

Nay, nay, whatever may now betide in war, my line too is ending, even the House of the Stewards has failed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien