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
“I don’t want this to sound like woe is me, but I’ll be honest,” Farrow says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
So for me to sit up here and complain and say woe is me?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
Although, you know, woe is me, having to play Peggy for so many years.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2015
Ah, woe is me for thee, thou dear face, My belovèd and my son!
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
