sob story

noun

: a sentimental story or account intended chiefly to evoke sympathy or sadness

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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Margo’s dead brother Bobby, from her sob story about the house fire, is alive and living on JD’s boat, and also Margo’s real name is Luann. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for sob story