woesome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of woesome
Example Sentences
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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
In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
He had another woesome account of a sloop-of-war in which he had gone through the Straits of Magellan.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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
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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