forlorn
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A quick glance down Second Avenue revealed a dispiriting array of closed security grilles—the sort of forlorn prospect that one might expect in Poughkeepsie or Cleveland, not New York, the once-proud “city that never sleeps.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Looking uncharacteristically forlorn on Sunday evening, Merz jumped to make a televised address even before the regional election results were confirmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s so-far forlorn attempt to suppress long-term bond yields that rattled traders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Near a bulldozer, the forlorn husk of a car hunkered in the midst of a store’s wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
No smoke came from the chimney, and the little lattice windows gaped forlorn.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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