How to Use woeful in a Sentence

woeful

adjective

• The puppy had woeful eyes.
• The student's grades were woeful.
• The Cavs should win both games against the woeful Knicks (27-51).
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• This was a fluke, and Mike Brown’s team will go back to woeful.
  — The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2022
• And then his two days here were a tail of two woeful nines.
  — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 21 May 2022
• The Toreros were woeful behind the arc, shooting just 3 of 20.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
• The Wolves made a woeful 11 of their 21 attempts in their loss Wednesday to Utah.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
• Las Vegas had a woeful defense in 2020 that pushed the Raiders out of the playoff mix down the stretch.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2021
• The Knicks, of course, have been Knicks-ing in earnest since a woeful start in November.
  — Marc Stein, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• Alas, that effort soon failed due to the woeful lack of customers.
  — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2021
• The Cavs have two games remaining, both against the woeful New York Knicks.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The woeful New York Knicks have had seven triple-doubles in the last 13 years, and the Jazz can’t get a single one.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
• The Ukrainian armed forces were in woeful condition when the war broke out in 2014.
  — Sergey Morgunov, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
• The woeful Texans showed a pulse and then some against New England, so don’t count them out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• Still, the Tigers' woeful bats struggled to make contact against him.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2021
• The Packers used a third-round draft pick on Rodgers in April to help fix their woeful return units.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• The admission that the software on which HBO Max is built is not up to par is woeful.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• The woeful Texans have scored just eight points in their last three road games — two field goals and a safety.
  — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• San Jose, too, looked poised to jump both clubs thanks to an early lead against the woeful L.A. Galaxy.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• With a 3-6 record, the Orioles right-hander appears to be singing the same woeful tune as the rest of the rotation.
  — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2018
• With this woeful season circling the drain, the Chargers will play for pride and little else down the stretch.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Packers, who struggled to beat the woeful Jaguars 24-20, failed to score on their opening drive for the first time this season.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2020
• For the second time in nine days, Oregon was run out of the gym amid a woeful performance.
  — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2021
• The Bruins should have been able to score 35 points against a woeful Arizona defense.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
• Indianapolis gave up 360 yards to one of the worst offenses in the NFL, and couldn’t stop the woeful Mills with the game on the line, leading to the loss.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2023
• Las Vegas has won two straight on the road, improving their away record to a still-woeful 2-5.
  — Catena Media, al, 8 Dec. 2022
• Boston lost for the third time in four games, with the Celtics' lone win coming against the woeful Houston Rockets.
  — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
• The Indians didn't let a rough day get any worse by losing to the woeful Orioles.
  — Tom Withers, ajc, 15 June 2021
• Then again, that’s thanks to seven remaining games (the most in baseball) against the woeful Chicago White Sox … but that’s a topic for another newsletter.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
• Losing the season’s series (5-8) to woeful Washington didn’t help, especially since the Nationals struggled against the Mets and Phillies, allowing those two clubs to fatten their records.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024