forlorn
Example Sentences
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Starting to sound forlorn, she says, “At this point, I’m just ready just to say, ‘stop tearing up my gates.
Only a certified Grinch would want to see Auggie left as anxious and forlorn at the end of the show as he is at his lowest moments.
“America is rich and fat and very, very noticeable in this world. It is a forlorn hope that we should be left alone.”
Nothing but dirt and dry, brown chaparral rolled beneath skis and snowboards dangling from a chairlift at Big Bear Mountain Resort on Friday, as forlorn adventure seekers joked they should rename the place “Big Bare.”
From Los Angeles Times
The forlorn hors d’oeuvres and plastic cups of wine shortly after deadline under the conference room’s fluorescent lights kept things safely subdued.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
