forlornly

Example Sentences

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Forlornly beautiful, “The Man Who Fell to Earth” explores existential and moral themes familiar from Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” Camus’s “The Stranger” and the old science fiction film “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2021

Forlornly, the Irish tried to argue that it had not bounced down behind the line, but the match officials, probably rightly, saw that it had.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2012

Forlornly braying, the mule lives a life of toil, barren of love.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forlornly, Patrolman Mancuso had put on the tights before the sergeant, who had pushed him out of the precinct and told him to shape up or get off the force.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Forlornly it spread its snowy wings now, like the ghost of a giant stretching its arms into the grey night sky.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann