sob story


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Synonyms for sob story

a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress

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SOB STORY: Rylan Clark's explosion of wailing brought a tear to the eye.
Listening to the sob story of nearstarvation of contestant Poonam Yadav, who hailed from extreme poverty, Ismail made his famous statement: "Tere ghar main roti zaroor banegi (you will certainly have bread in your home)." ANOTHER trendsetter was the Prince Group on India's Got Talent season 1.
The warning comes from police in Sunderland who are also advising people to be extra careful about anyone who tells them a sob story in order to get money.
Everyone will have a sob story. We get more sob stories than insurance companies but we do take it case by case.
There's no point in getting the violin out and having a sob story. We have to start winning games.
Parents Malcolm and Angela, of Sennybridge, Powys, said their son was being picked out as the contestant viewers loved to hate, because there was no "obvious sob story" being promoted.
Savage wants to join a club in the north west so he can be based nearer to his ill parents who live in Wrexham, but Sullivan has described this claim as ``a sob story. ''
Savage wants to join a club in the north-west so he can be based nearer to his ill parents who live in Wrexham, but Sullivan has described this claim as 'a sob story'.
"This was not some sob story; this was a serious analysis of the scientific and economic factors involved," he says.
Michael Jackson has filled albums with a similar sob story, and the results haven't been pretty.
It entails a promise that everyone is equal before the law, that a defendant's sob story or a victim's obnoxious personality won't determine the outcome of a case.
This mismatched group of old school friends in Sob Story - a new play by Calum Ferguson and Lewis Lauder - would.