“The narrator grieves the loss of his beloved, only to have his feelings of woe amplified by betrayal.”

“The feeling that is awakened by the thought of a great woe is a much deeper feeling than is elicited by any amount of success.”

“Small wonder modern heavy rock gets such a ribbing when it goes and gets itself involved in woefulness like this.”

“The editor is noted for addressing hacks at their end-of-term bash in a speech widely noted for its spectacular woefulness.”

“His face is fuller, and he has almost lost the hangdog woefulness of his youth — almost, but not quite, which turns out to be a good thing.”

“I'm wae to tak' sae auld a man as Master Lambert to wet mosses, but there's nothing else to be dune.”

“I was often wae for him, puir man, an' I did a' I could for him in my ain sma' wey.”

“O mickle yeuks the keckle doup,An' a' unsicker girns the graith, For wae and wae!”

“Landing a part-time job on campus as a peer counselor eased her money woes.”

“For Bears fans, the worst part is they can't even blame their team's woes on their former whipping boy, Smith.”

“To add to the usual litany of woes that go with ageing, he's had a quintuple heart bypass.”