sob story

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sob story

Fig. a sad story that is likely to draw tears. I've heard nothing but sob stories today. Isn't anybody happy? She had quite a sob story, and I listened to the whole thing.

See also: sob, story

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I, LIKE many readers of your newspaper, questioned why you thought we would be interested in your attempt at a sob story regarding the early years of the prolific criminal Ashley Blake (September 3-5). Blake's sob story; YourSay by Birmingham Mail (England) So I gave him my sob story about how I'd never play again. Broomin' lucky to hit ace by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) The man has approached strangers with a sob story about a dead relative. 'Story is a con' warning by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			so much for So much for that so much so so much the better so near and yet so far so soon so still you could hear a pin drop so to speak so's your old man so, sue me soak soak face soak in soak off soak out of soak through soak to the skin soak up soak with soaked to the skin soap soap down sob sob oneself to sleep sob out sob story sob to sober sober as a judge sober up sock sock away sock in sock it to socked in sod Sod's Law soft soft answer turneth away wrath soft as a baby's bottom soft in the head soft money soft on soft sell soft soap soft touch soft-pedal soften soften stance soften the blow soften up			soasoas SOASTC Soat SOATC SOATIC SOATS SOAU Soave Soave operation Soave-Redlich-Kwong Soavemente SOAVNTF SOAW SOAWW Soay Soay (disambiguation) Soay, Inner Hebrides sob sob sob sob sob heart out sob oneself to sleep sob out sob out sob sister sob sister sob sisters sob sisters sob stories sob story sob stuff sob to soba soba Soba (noodle) Soba University Hospital SOBAC SOBAD sobadores Sobaek Sobaek Mountains Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory Sobakevitch SOBAR SOBAR Sobat Sobat River SOBB sobbed sobbed sobbed sobbing sobbing sobbing sobbing Sobbing Out Loud sobbingly sobbingly sobbingly SOBC

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