lovelorn
Example Sentences
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Timby's been inundated with messages from lovelorn followers hoping to replicate her matchmaking success.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Maria, who was initially too lovelorn to suspect fraud, lost a year's worth of savings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Ghost” is for the lovelorn ceramics obsessives; “Soul” for the jazz lovers; “Beetlejuice” for the freaks.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Wilson was ramping up to the sonic inventions of “Pet Sounds,” but this era-transitional single captured the old lovelorn magic and dreaminess in an increasingly robust arrangement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
This was very hard, but hardest of all when Echo, too, with all the other lovelorn maidens, loved Narcissus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
