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Woe


Definition:

  • (n.) A curse; a malediction.
  • (a.) Woeful; sorrowful.
  • (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The disappointing weather at Easter left beaches deserted but some Britons, who were determined to enjoy the outdoors this time round, have already had their plans thwarted by the weather, taking to websites such as ukcampsite.co.uk to swap tales of woe, such as farmers calling to cancel bookings because sites were waterlogged.
  • (2) If I’m the bad guy because I’m not the guy they want me to be, then so be it.” Over the last year he resolved his promotional woes in court and has since signed with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports – along with Miguel Cotto the nascent sports agency’s highest-profile signing in boxing.
  • (3) While Chinese media have not spelt out Zhou's woes explicitly, the hints have grown more blatant by the month, with some identifying him via his family relationships.
  • (4) Asked if Aamer would talk publicly about his experiences, Crider said: “I think he will make up his own mind about it, and really, woe betide the person who tries to silence Shaker Aamer.” She added that it would be up to him “how much of his story and the terrible things he witnessed that he wants to tell”.
  • (5) Plummeting oil prices only added to economic woes in a country with the world’s fourth-largest oil reserves.
  • (6) To add to their woes, the cost of their dollar-denominated debt is rising; the US Federal Reserve said December’s rate hike is just the start of a “gradual” tightening cycle .
  • (7) It’s a seismic moment for the industry and particularly the big European manufacturers who have done a lot of work on diesel: technologically, they have they made the wrong bet.” Some analysts believe fears of brand damage in Europe are overstated but Bailey says: “In the US it’s very different: VW have killed their diesel market and it has left them in a very difficult position.” For British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, the timing of VW’s woes was ominous, as it unveiled two new diesels in America.
  • (8) The aluminium magnate's British-related woes do not stop there: a former business partner, Michael Cherney, is suing him for $4bn in the high court.
  • (9) We have to acknowledge that it's extremely hard to build a regular city from scratch.” Furthermore, some experts say that certified green buildings and pedestrian-friendly roads are a worthless patch for China’s environmental woes, not a solution.
  • (10) The woes of British industry were ­echoed right across Europe in November, as firms slashed production amid plunging demand from consumers in all the world's major markets.
  • (11) Clinton said her woes over her email server had been a “drip, drip, drip” that was impacting her.
  • (12) In an otherwise assured performance on Sunday’s Andrew Marr Show , Douglas Alexander – when urged to address Ed Miliband’s woes – resorted to the words of Harold Wilson.
  • (13) Buhari has presented himself as a born-again democrat who possesses the experience to steer the country through instability, currency woes and rampant corruption.
  • (14) Creative diplomacy is still much required in the Middle East, where it is hard to see how a dominantly military strategy against Islamic State can in itself, and even over time, bring a solution to the region’s woes.
  • (15) The unrest over rising petrol prices is only further adding to Nigeria's security woes: Jonathan already declared a state of emergency over the weekend in parts of the country hit by a growing Islamic insurgency that is fuelled in part by widespread poverty.
  • (16) But that may be the least of Ukip’s woes as it sups the bitter draught of victory.
  • (17) 7.31pm BST Nick Kyrgios's legs have gone to jelly and his heart is full of woe.
  • (18) It is not the cause of Spain's economic woes, but think of this: if everybody paid their dues, Spain's deficit would be zero.
  • (19) The result in some richer countries has been a political movement that blames globalisation for all woes and seeks somehow to wall off the economy from global trends rather than engage cooperatively with foreign nations.
  • (20) Probably... April 23, 2013 11.42am BST Analysts see little relief for Europe The continuing fall in Eurozone output this month ( see 9.19am ) led by Germany's shrinking private sector seconomy, shows that there's no improvement in Europe's woes.

Wore


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Wear
  • () imp. of Wear.
  • () imp. of Ware.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Hence, Ruud Geels, a striker, had a squad number of one while the goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed wore No8.
  • (2) Six individuals wore the appliances while rinsing daily with a neutral 0.2% NaF solution for 4 wk.
  • (3) His consecration took place at an ice hockey stadium in Durham, New Hampshire, and he wore a bulletproof vest under his gold vestments because he had received death threats.
  • (4) The uteri of ten patients who wore a copper-T for several months up to two years were examined immediately following hysterectomy by conventional microscopic techniques, fluorescent optical techniques after Acridin-Orange-Fluorochromization and by histo-chemical techniques for copper.
  • (5) So Mick Jagger still wears clothes that he wore when he was 20 – quite possibly the exact same clothes – and the man looks great, because that's who he is.
  • (6) None of the patients experienced skin irritation under the prosthesis and 94% of them wore their prosthesis daily.
  • (7) One couple made the point graphically: she wore a red-stained wedding dress and her partner wore a sign that read, “I am the rapist”.
  • (8) Interinstrument variation during treadmill experiments while subjects wore two accelerometers at the same time was on average 22% and was not improved after adjustment for differences found in the bench test.
  • (9) May, who once wore a T-shirt bearing the slogan "This is what a feminist looks like" has campaigned against sexual violence and worked hard on getting more Tory women MPs, is far more likely to ask questions about how a policy will impact on women than her male colleagues.
  • (10) History will judge you and you must at last answer your own conscience.” About 40 of the demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits, more than half of whom also donned black hoods over their faces, and one held up his wrists in handcuffs.
  • (11) The Jazz played defense, but Bryant’s persistence wore them down.
  • (12) I like American names and I always wanted to live in the US.” David Miliband: Trump refugee ban threatens west's global reputation Read more On their necks, Nimr and his wife wore necklaces with little metal crosses.
  • (13) Mandela then returned to Liliesleaf farm, the secret base of the ANC's military wing in Rivonia, Johannesburg, where he wore blue overalls to pose as a caretaker under the alias David Motsamayi.
  • (14) Defensive players who wore prophylactic knee braces had statistically fewer knee injuries than players who served as controls.
  • (15) Children and the elderly were urged to stay indoors and some residents who ventured out wore face masks as the acrid murk entered its third day.
  • (16) The patients, who ranged in age from 9 to 14 years, accepted the appliance readily and wore it 24 hours each day, even while eating.
  • (17) All subjects wore markers over their mandibles, hips, and knees and were filmed three times with the weighted belt worn on a randomly selected trial.
  • (18) Topographical corneal thickness changes were monitored in 10 subjects who each wore a hydrogel contact lens with a large central aperture ("donut" lens) for 6 hours.
  • (19) Fifty-nine patients wore extended-wear contact lenses for cosmetic purposes.
  • (20) The refractive error was not stable in some eyes; between 6 months and 4 years after surgery, 23% of eyes had a continued effect of the surgery of more than 1.00 D. For 323 patients with both eyes operated on, 64% stated they wore no optical correction.

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