Sentences with phrase «long tale of woe»

When asked of all of the other candidates, «why they wanted to leave their current position», they answered with a long tale of woe.

The report sets out in 12 volumes of lavishly referenced and unemotional but highly readable prose the long tale of woe that was Britain's intervention in Iraq.

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Homeowners lined up to share their tales of woe — some that the comptroller couldn't even believe, like when a man said his daughter is still paying a water bill on a Neponsit home that no longer exists.

Like a repulsive Long John Silver with her parrot on her shoulder (I was waiting for the bird to shit on the old crone), mom gets to tell her tale of woe to the camera.

Whenever I hear someone denigrating the self - publishing option, I think of the many tales of woe that I read and heard over the years from traditionally published authors — stories that discouraged me, for a long time, from writing... Continue reading →

Down the bar, a man with a long ponytail who looks sunk in his own epic tale of woe gapes at us unapologetically.

Whenever I hear someone denigrating the self - publishing option, I think of the many tales of woe that I read and heard over the years from traditionally published authors — stories that discouraged me, for a long time, from writing fiction.

The last time I dined with her in Paris, Chantal was telling me her tale of woe, after she had spent many long months schlepping around town, trying to find a publisher, which in Paris means trying to ingratiate herself with the Parisian literary scene.