lovelorn
Example Sentences
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“Ghost” is for the lovelorn ceramics obsessives; “Soul” for the jazz lovers; “Beetlejuice” for the freaks.
From Salon
The first captivates via a young man’s earnest effusiveness; the second’s effusiveness, tainted by lovelorn glum, deepens.
From Los Angeles Times
Prince's lovelorn lyrics matched her own state of mind.
From BBC
She delivers “Nothing Compares 2 U” with all the gravity of a woman who has just lost her love in a fatal accident, milking melodrama out of every lovelorn moment.
From Los Angeles Times
On Arcadia, a lovelorn letter to LA, Del Rey trades riffs with her backing singers, again teasing out the song's ending.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
