woe is me
Example Sentences
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While they do have an astounding amount of tolerance for his endless whining, his appeal was never his "woe is me" victim act, but his impunity.
From Salon ● May 6, 2024
But the constant "woe is me", especially from upper middle class women, gets tiring.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Take responsibility instead: Not in a masochistic, woe is me way, but in an empowering way.
From Inc ● Dec. 10, 2012
I can’t dwell on it and say woe is me.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2012
‘You have,’ piped the little creature in the most silvery of voices; ‘and woe is me that I am the first of the sea-fairies to be caught in a net!’
From The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen
