Use of woe in Sentences. 23 Examples

The examples include woe at the start of sentence, woe at the end of sentence and woe in the middle of sentence

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woe at the start of sentence


  1. Woe betide him if he does evils.
  2. Woe betide anyone who arrives late!
  3. Woe betide anyone who got in his way.
  4. Woe betide anyone who wakes the baby!
  5. Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
  6. Woe betide anyone who smokes in our house!

woe at the end of sentence


  1. He listened to my tale of woe.
  2. Her face was lined and full of woe.
  3. He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.
  4. I asked how he was and he gave me a real tale of woe.

woe in the middle of sentence


  1. If she answered back, woe betide her.
  2. He bore a tale of woe from the Old World.
  3. A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.
  4. The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday .
  5. But woe betide the culprit who trespasses on the wrong side of 50.
  6. That rule was immutable, and woe betide anyone who disregarded it.
  7. The England team's tale of woe continued, and they lost the next three games.
  8. Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys, her food etc.
  9. I'm cold and wet and I haven't even got enough money for my bus fare home. Oh woe is me!
  10. I saw more of human agony and woe than l trust I will ever again be called on to witness.
  11. He told me a real tale of woe about how he had lost both his job and his house in the same week.
  12. This is the second time he's been sent home from school this week, so woe betide him if it happens again!
  13. A short, dumpy lady shaped rather like a cottage loaf, she seldom smiled and woe betide anyone not paying attention.

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