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Example sentences for: woeful

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Rebuilt with lavish materials (stone and stained glass) by the Empress Dowager in 1893, this 36-m (118-ft) statue of a boat was restored (it is said) with funds meant to shore up China’s woeful navy, but it was not long before Japan completely humiliated China in battles at sea.
To call La Rambla a mere street is to do it woeful injustice.
London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter.
As far as I am concerned, the Internet is still a conversation among the world's elite, a woeful trend that I see only getting worse.
Wrathful deity, woeful Gingrich, and (just like every other News Quiz) wonder penis.