Sentence examples for woe against from inspiring English sources

With Napoleon's approval, Victor Emmanuel II made a speech from his throne in which he declared himself ready to hear "il grido di dolore" ("the cry of woe") against Austrian oppression that arose from every part of Italy.

He is reduced to insisting that he will not stand down should the 6-1 rout by Germany at Dublin's Aviva Stadium last week be followed by woe against the Faroe Islands in Torshavn on Tuesday.

And despite starting with 10 of the Lions who had contributed to the series victory in Australia over the summer, this was a familiar tale of Welsh woe against the big beasts from south of the Equator.

Both Jesus, and later his brother, James, pronounce woe against the rich and powerful, and both are speaking in the context of persecution.

The rest of chapter 2 pronounces a series of woes against those who commit social injustices and engage in debauchery.

"The important thing is that Mr. Bergman has magnificently and sensitively composed a veritable poem of two feminine spirits exchanging their longings, repressions and mental woes against a background of natural beauty and the atmosphere of the sea".

With China's "must sees" as a backdrop, family secrets emerge, and Irene's privileged daughters grow less sullen as they measure their woes against the cruelties of revolution and war that shaped their mother and grandmother.

Even in situations such as Lebanon today, where most of the 1949 Conventions are technically inapplicable because Hizbullah is not a state, the Geneva language is seen as a guide to the spirit of customary humanitarian law.The trouble is that measuring civilian woes against military gain is a tall order, especially in a densely populated place like Lebanon.

That processing all my woes against a backdrop of soaring, inhospitable terrain taught me a lot about the minuteness of my problems and the corresponding insignificance of humanity as whole.

That processing all my woes against a backdrop of soaring, inhospitable terrain taught me a lot about the piffling tininess of my problems and the corresponding insignificance of humanity as whole.

But he lost his control during the opening round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Braves, and his pitching woes continued against the Mets in the League Championship Series.