forlornness
Example Sentences
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Two artists who move in disparate circles reminded us of what it means for a song to capture a common forlornness.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024
There is a forlornness to the bungalow, which the owner seems to have set up initially as a family home, with its paint chipping in several places.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023
But at Cannes, amid the aftershocks of the election, he said he was overcome by a profound forlornness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2018
I agreed, even as my voice too-often quivered with a combination of rage and forlornness.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2015
But even after the sour of the encounter had faded, forlornness welled up around him.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
