How to Use woe in a Sentence

woe

noun
  • The city's traffic woes are well-known.
  • But their woes did not end there.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Could this face cream solve all of my woes?
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Dave Roberts laid his bullpen woes bare.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • All of that was for naught after the bullpen woes.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • Can Mizzou fix last week’s third-down woes?
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Water woes also are at the top of the list now.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Dark circles are high on the list of Richie’s skin woes.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And woe be to me if I so much as breath on the crossword.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Not the dewy-eyed woe-is-me sensitive type, this one.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That would help ease beauty business’ forex woes.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • There’s no easy solution to those woes.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • His woes started with neck pain, then progressed to dry heaves and headaches.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Another week of third-down woes?
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So, are the bullpen woes history?
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But there are some clear dos and don'ts when talking about money woes with your kids.
    — Emily Edlynn, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But Ashley's legal woes may not be over.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The first season had toe and shoulder woes bookend the year.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Reaves was not the only person to call out the third-quarter woes.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Tigers woes are harder to pinpoint.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The woes have extended far past the team’s long list of injuries.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Say goodbye to laundry woes and hello to fresh, clean threads.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Strikes are not the only cause of economic woes.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Strikes are not the only cause of economic woes.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The poor results added to Peloton’s woes.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Ohtani has posited that some of his woes are because of his posture at the plate.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Keep these things elsewhere to avoid mildew and other storage woes.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The loss has only added to the club’s woes, given the off-field turmoil.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Our reading woes can’t just be about attention span.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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