woebegone

• “Chafed at having been described as woebegone, Diana lifted her chin.”

  Simon & Schuster: A GIFT OF LOVE

• “I can still call his woebegone appearance to mind.”

  My Life — Volume 1

• “Tallick's mien was .. "woebegone" is the only word for it.”

  First Lensman

• “Here was a motley crowd of woebegone wretches who had spent the night in the rain.”

  THE PEG

• “And perhaps I won't have to sit through another woebegone panel on the state of science fiction.”

  [GUEST POST] Sarah A. Hoyt on The Death of Science Fiction: It Ain't Over Till The Fat Droid Sings

• “Now at the end, he is stranded on the Great White Way in the woebegone rethought revival of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: DVD: Woody Allen Back On Top, Ready For Oscar Love

• “But he can take his creativity, and some team's defense — maybe the St. Louis Rams 'unit or the Detroit Lions' woebegone collection — will be become instantly better.”

  NFL Replay: Staying or going, Dungy's historic place is secure

• “Sunday's Denver at Miami showdown was the kind of woebegone NFL contest Roger Goodell should have paid you $29.95 to watch.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Tim Tebow: Football's Bieber

• “The finest tennis player these islands have produced since Fred Perry will not see himself as a woebegone nitwit – and he is far from that – but his otherworldliness is also his strength: opponents are often as bemused by him on court as those employed to chronicle his pronouncements are off it.”

  The Guardian: Andy Murray eager to overcome odds and baguettes against Rafa Nadal

• “Mr. Gray should apply his obvious talents to improving the woebegone school system without reference to the political force of any group offering him advice.”

  The Washington Post: How Gray can make history

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