Example Sentences

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Friends," he said, "now I know why you go so sadly, welladay!

From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

What expression would you be likely to use, instead of "welladay"?

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education

P: And morning found those who had coveted his place but yesterday crying: Ah, welladay!

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

O welladay on the poor boors grey,    When Stig the Marshal’s bed was stain’d; For us I ween it had better been    If Glepping had unborn remain’d.

From Marsk Stig a ballad by Borrow, George Henry

"Ah, welladay, do what we can for him," said Trim, maintaining his point, "the poor soul will die."

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)