lovelorn
Example Sentences
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In another scene, she chases a lovelorn boy to the roof of a local building, remaining there to enjoy the view and the wind in her hair after he’s descended.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Then she sang the lovelorn “Coffee” like someone confessing her greatest fear.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
Wilson was ramping up to the sonic inventions of “Pet Sounds,” but this era-transitional single captured the old lovelorn magic and dreaminess in an increasingly robust arrangement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
The casting reflects the distinct identities and histories of the members, each offering something different to lovelorn girls and copycat boys so intoxicated by Beatlemania.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
It was the rosy clerk, lovelorn Sewall, who was turning her music for her.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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