The news from Lake Wobegone is Hearstian by comparison as the dribs and drabs from the dedicated correspondents fill a 32-page edition like some soothing tidal flat. |
The effect of it, to the bystanders, is like that of a wobegone ballad-singer chanting a merry stave. |
The wobegone face hid its crimson tide in two quivering hands. |
I was surprised beyond measure when Sandy came back to Annan, and, wi' a wobegone countenance, called upon me. |
My face shall never frighten people by being pale and wobegone. |
Men stood speechless, haggard, wobegone, gazing at the desolation. |