woe is me
Example Sentences
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The cashier has to know — if I get busted woe is me!
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2019
Your book is not a "woe is me" story.
From Salon • May 25, 2019
Take responsibility instead: Not in a masochistic, woe is me way, but in an empowering way.
From Inc • Dec. 10, 2012
His story isn’t about, Oh, woe is me.
From New York Times • May 31, 2012
We swallow them darkly at break of fast, Each one to the other winking, And "woe is me if this be the last" Is what we are sadly thinking.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
