(1) This was the tragedy that established Bridge Farm as the most woebegone of Archers homesteads.
(2) You have understood that come the day when no one believes in you, when you are no more than a woebegone troll, no one will want you.” Although a fan of the press, Moses acknowledged Ipso would occasionally make unpopular decisions: “But we are not here to be popular.
(3) Woebegone Andrew Lansley was assured there would be "no stepping off the gas".
(4) Samuel Eto'o, to take one case history, is a woebegone character in futile search of the predatory skills he has mislaid.
(5) Sometimes there are obstacles plonked in front of the door: anything from high chairs, bikes and toilet rolls to – I remember once – three woebegone dogs.
Woeful
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Woful
Example Sentences:
(1) Brazil, despite some woeful performances this year, is still the most successful international team but has not exactly been a political giant for most of its existence.
(2) Even if Honda manage to improve their woeful power unit and McLaren make improvements to their indifferent car, it is difficult to see the team running better than mid-table next term.
(3) The bill will allow same-sex marriage for the first time in the UK; it will offer the opportunity to convert civil partnerships to marriages; it will offer opt-in rights to religious establishments, with the exception of the Church of England; it will also allow transgender people to change their legal gender without dissolving their marriages (a woeful omission from earlier legislation).
(4) Herrera’s bending cross reached Depay and he punished Watford’s woeful marking by cushioning a firm volley past Heurelho Gomes.
(5) TOP-AND-BOTTOM-OF-THE-TABLE BEATINGS "Nottingham Forest's woeful 4-0 home defeat to Scunthorpe made me think: what's the worst defeat suffered by a team leading its league?"
(6) The woeful lack of clarity does not engender confidence and trust.
(7) His first touch is woeful and a shooting chance goes a begging.
(8) However, Nwofor capitalised on some woeful defending from Hanley in the 90th minute to sweep the ball home from close range.
(9) Labour’s communication strategy remains woeful, and it lacks the means to develop a grand narrative that ties this all together, or a way of getting out of the “but you caused the last crisis through your profligacy” trap.
(10) He’s a man that, at 22, clearly has the world at his feet.” Everton could not have wished for a better start as Villa’s woeful defending at set pieces was again exposed.
(11) This would be a woeful prospect when taken in isolation, but seems more reprehensible when we know that others with much greater liabilities (moral if not legal ones) are treated with kid gloves.
(12) Kevin Mountford of Moneysupermarket.com said most savers were still earning "very woeful rates" and could improve their returns by shopping around.
(13) "I've been shocked at how America's politicians have been cowed into a woeful, shameful virtual silence by the gun lobbyists and the all-powerful National Rifle Association in particular," Morgan said.
(14) The atomic lobby sometimes tries to pass off this woeful track record as ancient history, but it is not – just ask the Finns .
(15) Its computer systems are still woeful, with paper files still used more often than the tools of modern electronic case management.
(16) The figures in computing and engineering are woeful and I think that is to do with perceptions.
(17) I've gone for the 49ers 31-21, but I've had a pretty woeful playoffs as far as predictions go.
(18) Despite Cameron's promises that he would lead the campaign to empower women and ensure female equality, Britain ranks a woeful 65th in the world in terms of female representation in parliament behind Kazakhstan, Lesotho and even Afghanistan.
(19) Their own civil servants have already advised them that 40,000 more children would fall into poverty as a result of extending the cap (this is likely to be a woeful underestimate of the true figure).
(20) And the public accounts committee has decried the woeful success rate of his schemes.