forlorn

Example Sentences

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Ian Buruma uses this forlorn exhortation as the title of his book, “Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Auger-Aliassime reeled off five successive games against an increasingly forlorn Bublik, taking his first match point with a thumping cross-court forehand.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Hamilton, delayed by his penalty, with which he vehemently disagreed over the radio, was a rather forlorn eighth, with Ocon and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto completing the top 10.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

That Love identified no sadness in the songs only makes it easier to understand why Wilson the lonely young pop star was writing tunes as openly forlorn as “In My Room.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

A big newspaper out east once held a contest to find the ugliest, most forlorn, most godforsaken town in the whole country, and it declared Battle Mountain the winner.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls