Sentence example with the word 'woebegone'

woebegone

affecting, comfortless, depressing, discouraged, dolorogenic, funereal, in the depths, melancholy, pining, sharp, weary of life

Definition adj. worn and broken down by hard use

Last update: June 20, 2015


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What is the ruinous discount which Mordecai, the broker, gets from poor Woebegone, the bankrupt, on a loan to keep Woebegone's family from starvation; what is that ruinous discount but a Fast-Fish?   [Please select]

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Look at the woebegone walk of him.   [Please select]

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Geraldine looked woebegone; her hands were trembling.   [Please select]

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The parrot was getting its feathers sadly draggled in the rain, and the poor bird soon presented a wet and woebegone appearance.   [Please select]

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They were a striking sight, numbering fourteen, in the most ragged and woebegone condition imaginable.   [Please select]

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'I wish so too,' said he, with a most woebegone face, and looking as if he could hardly stand.   [Please select]

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Never before have I seen such a woebegone expression on a man's face.   [Please select]

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As the pair traveled along in this woebegone manner, a thought struck Ceres.   [Please select]

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The face of the Irishman wore such a long, woebegone expression, that it brought a smile to the face of his companion.   [Please select]

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The boys groaned in unison at this, and even Betty looked woebegone.   [Please select]

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He appealed speechlessly for tolerance, with a face utterly woebegone and eyes piteous.   [Please select]

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