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
“There are other people who’ve had better diagnoses than I have perhaps, but others far worse. I don’t get caught up in woe is me or why me.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2017
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
Then said the Lady, ‘O woe is me that ever I was born, that have brought a Lion from far to destroy my own Father.’
From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Kingscote, Mrs. Howard
