woesome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of woesome
Example Sentences
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Thou gavest each breeze an infant's cry, A wailing, woesome tone; And in each call of wildwood bird Spoke still of freedom gone.
From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Sarah Anne Curzon
The heaving of the great pans, like battering-rams against the sides of the Neptune, made a woesome noise below decks.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
Alden, come on, lad, 't is time for prayers, and thy woesome face suits the occasion.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
Thou art allied to long-hair'd cherubim, And I a something undesired of these, With woesome lips and eyes for ever dim.
From A Lover's Litanies by Eric Mackay
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