betide

Example Sentences

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Woe betide anyone who didn't meet Amorim's standards.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

A certain life was expected for you, and woe betide you if you went outside of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

“Woe betide those who clapped him as a saint.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2019

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