plural woes
1
: a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
2
: ruinous trouble : calamity, affliction
economic woes
Examples of woe in a Sentence
Interjection
ah, woe, with the death of the last of my siblings I am alone in this world!
Noun
The city's traffic woes are well-known.
a tale of misery and woe
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Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite the dramatic implications of the film’s title, Erupcja has a casual, slice-of-life vibe to it that prevents Bethany and Rob’s woes from teetering into melodrama.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Wide receiver woes dominated 49ers training camp this summer.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Not the dewy-eyed woe-is-me sensitive type, this one.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Customer service woes due to overuse of AI.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite the dramatic implications of the film’s title, Erupcja has a casual, slice-of-life vibe to it that prevents Bethany and Rob’s woes from teetering into melodrama.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Wide receiver woes dominated 49ers training camp this summer.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Not the dewy-eyed woe-is-me sensitive type, this one.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for woe
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“Woe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woe. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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