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Examples of sob story in a Sentence
She told a sob story about how she had to starve herself to pay for the rent.
I don't want to hear any of your sob stories.
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The judge’s turn — and losing Leslie as a star witness to testify for the prosecution — means Leland Townsend is, in fact, getting out of these pesky murder charges despite Kristen’s convincing testimony, mountains of evidence, and that sob story about Leland using Sheryl as a scapegoat.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
None of those videos were meant to sound like a sob story.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Granted, $7 million with performance incentives is a galaxy away from a sob story.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
But the change of clothes did not hide the horrors the girl had gone through, and Candelario’s sob story started unraveling.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
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“Sob story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sob%20story. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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