forlorn
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Aryna Sabalenka cut a forlorn figure as she sat staring into space following a painful defeat by Elena Rybakina in the US Open final.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Hollywood Bowl felt a little forlorn Tuesday night after four long evenings of boisterous 18,000-strong crowds showing L.A.’s many-splendored love for Gustavo Dudamel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s so-far forlorn attempt to suppress long-term bond yields that rattled traders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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