forlornness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Two artists who move in disparate circles reminded us of what it means for a song to capture a common forlornness.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024

There is a forlornness to the bungalow, which the owner seems to have set up initially as a family home, with its paint chipping in several places.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023

Cobbled together from found objects — a lamp with a crooked shade, rusty tools, a shopping cart commandeered as an operating table — it imbues the site of an at-home abortion with almost unbearable forlornness.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2022

But at Cannes, amid the aftershocks of the election, he said he was overcome by a profound forlornness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2018

But even after the sour of the encounter had faded, forlornness welled up around him.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner