woe is me
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want this to sound like woe is me, but I’ll be honest,” Farrow says.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 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
“Till, woe is me, so lubberly, The vermin came and pressed me.”
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)