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The woebegone Houston Texans, 20-point underdogs against the unbeaten Arizona Cardinals, had parlayed a safety and a few RBI singles into a 5-0 lead on the road.
THIS NFL SEASON HAS BEEN DEVOID OF BIG UPSETS, AND GAMBLERS ARE CASHING INMATT BONESTEELOCTOBER 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
On this occasion, however, it failed to produce anything more than a woebegone pucker that foreshadowed something worse.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUS
The girl of the Red Mill heard the speech of the stranger and noted her woebegone accent.
RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGEALICE B. EMERSON
She was so absorbed that she almost fell over the woebegone little figure on the step.
THE STORY OF THE BIG FRONT DOORMARY FINLEY LEONARD
He stood before me the most woebegone, heartbroken man I ever saw.
A CONFEDERATE GIRL'S DIARYSARAH MARGAN DAWSON
Although invariably English, they grow pale and woebegone just as easily in London as in Paris.
SEEING THINGS AT NIGHTHEYWOOD BROUN
They were a striking sight, numbering fourteen, in the most ragged and woebegone condition imaginable.
THE LIFE OF KIT CARSONEDWARD S. ELLIS
And I am not mad, only woebegone and fearful, for the night cometh, and I shudder at its silence and mystery.
THE TERMS OF SURRENDERLOUIS TRACY
Near the couple, in a shadow, sat a woebegone looking man who had been holding a book so close to his eyes as to conceal his face.
UNDER THE ROSEFREDERIC STEWART ISHAM
Mother,” she said with a woebegone face, “why do the rightest things always be the hardest ones?
A DEAR LITTLE GIRL AT SCHOOLAMY E. BLANCHARD
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