betide

Example Sentences

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"Woe betide you if you were a preacher and you misquoted," Lord Sentamu says.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2022

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

“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