woesome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of woesome
Example Sentences
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I could not help seeing a woesome picture.
From The White People by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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 Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
In world may come romance, With all the lures of love and glamour; And woesome tragedy will chance To him whom fairy forms enamour.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William
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 Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
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