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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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Concurrently, Jake is also pulled into Vince’s financial woes, including the latter’s ongoing tension with a criminal ringleader, Joe (CODA Oscar winner Troy Kotsur), who seeks repayment for a massive debt Vince can’t settle.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
And traffic woes may just be beginning.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
China’s economic woes deepen, new data shows Retail sales, industrial production, and investment levels were all below analysts’ expectations in August, while a real estate downturn intensified.
—semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Correlation is not causation, of course, and childhood obesity is up just about everywhere, not only in California — but the free school meal situation has been a contributor to and aggravator of health woes in our household.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Concurrently, Jake is also pulled into Vince’s financial woes, including the latter’s ongoing tension with a criminal ringleader, Joe (CODA Oscar winner Troy Kotsur), who seeks repayment for a massive debt Vince can’t settle.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
And traffic woes may just be beginning.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
China’s economic woes deepen, new data shows Retail sales, industrial production, and investment levels were all below analysts’ expectations in August, while a real estate downturn intensified.
—semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Woe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woe. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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