woesome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of woesome
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
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
For six months after I left home I was right woesome.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
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