woeful
adjective
woful
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a variation of
woeful.
Example Sentences
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That is, as far as I remember, one of the most finished pieces of sunset he has given; and it has a woful moral; yet one which, with Scott, is inseparable from the scene.
From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by John Ruskin
Oh, woful welcome! woful day, That never brings a bright to-morrow!
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
The woful news spread at once, and many jumped overboard in their terror.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
A neglect to procure straw to soften our rocky couches, and a woful insufficiency of bed-clothing for a phenomenally cold August night, added to our manifold discomforts.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites
With these woful complaints agree the recorded facts of his life.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross
