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forlornly

adverb as in unhappily

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Hine’s tousled little boy, who looks forlornly into the camera with scowling dark eyes beneath a furrowed brow, likely had no such liberating choice.

After slumping forlornly into his chair, a visibly upset Zverev hunched forward and covered his face with a towel.

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Now she looks forlornly ahead to a life without escape from a punishing orthodoxy.

It’s a suitable liminal space for Arthur, whose suits hang forlornly off his body.

There is no need anymore to stand in the street and gaze forlornly at the horizon; at least, not when you are waiting for the bus.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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