Sentence examples for woe you from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "woe you" is not correct and not usable in written English
It seems to be a misinterpretation of "woe unto you," which is an expression used to convey sorrow or misfortune directed at someone.
Example: "Woe unto you if you continue down this path of deceit."
Alternatives: "Alas for you" or "Sorrow to you."

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Such is its varnished production and quality of pristine woe, you would probably never guess that Riquelme - a song about rapture and regret - started off as a piano ballad, the vocals originally based on a phone recording, after which it was pieced together by tired musicians over email.

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"Woe to you, you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

If you think ridicule is an appropriate response to other peoples' woes, you fit right in.

All I can think of is that Drake song - "I was running down the six with my woes" you know that one?

Highlighting the seriousness of our unemployment woes, you rightly lifted up unions as a catalyst toward economic recovery ("Unemployment Rising," editorial, April 5).

A lot of the economic woes you see around you are the result of errors that have been made over a long period of time, but what has happened in the last couple of years has not helped".

It used to be that when you went into a saloon, all bowed with woes, you'd find a bartender eager to listen to your troubles and as full of sympathy and patience as a kindly confessor….

Huge amounts of wealth have been sucked out of the economy and into the hands of a few.Graham Simon LondonSIR – In an article on California's budget woes you stated that the advantage of proposed spending cuts is the "symmetry of pain and incentives" ("Modocians and Alamedans", January 15th).

With Circuit City and CompUSA's woes, you would think that electronic makers would shy away from opening brick and mortar stores.

For a peak behind the curtain at the White House's efforts to focus voter frustration on Wall Street's woes, you need only turn to Google, where the administration has unleashed a multi-week search engine marketing (SEM) campaign designed to funnel information seekers to the "Organizing for America" website.

In becoming a go-to talking head on big-city woes, you become associated with those problems.

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