forlorn

Example Sentences

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Ian Buruma uses this forlorn exhortation as the title of his book, “Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He performed a backflip for the crowd's entertainment, but it seemed like a forlorn call to the good times of only last week.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Auger-Aliassime reeled off five successive games against an increasingly forlorn Bublik, taking his first match point with a thumping cross-court forehand.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Eight months ago, England were forlorn and distraught on the vast, imposing outfield of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Often, in her mind’s eye, she saw Neewo’s tiny makazins, forlorn in the firelight, as they sagged, tipped over when in his fever he kicked them off.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich