forlorn
Example Sentences
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“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.
Eight months ago, England were forlorn and distraught on the vast, imposing outfield of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
From BBC
Eyes forlorn, the 72-year-old cut the figure of someone who had seen years of suffering and hardship.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
