How to Use forlorn in a Sentence

forlorn

adjective
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  • The world is dark and wild looking, as bleak and forlorn as any Souls game.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 June 2021
  • On a gray day in March, Rex Brasher’s place looks a bit forlorn.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, that strike force of the best there was, the best there is and the best there might yet be, prowled the field forlorn.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • But for now the dim sum mainstay Yank Sing is the only thing open inside, and the mood is mighty forlorn.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2021
  • This forlorn look from Davis didn’t stop in the Lakers locker room.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But on This Stupid World, the forlorn ambience is more lived-in and close-to-home than it’s ever seemed in the past.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The forlorn, Colonial Revival-style house sits on a 3,920-square-foot lot.
    — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The forlorn street, flanked by woods and a creek and devoid of any lights, had been repaved in the years since the little girl’s death, but not much else had changed.
    — John H. Tucker, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
  • These days, the scene isn’t threatening so much as forlorn.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
  • His forlorn face and unwieldy limbs clearly struck a chord with cat lovers.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • His brother Ray peered in from the back of the ambulance, head hung down, looking scared and forlorn.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
  • Alec, hands on hips at the shore staring forlorn toward the ocean, sullen that the water is off limits.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 July 2021
  • In that absence, its long, forlorn search for goals — the scruffy and the scrappy, the ugly and imperfect — will go on.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Negusti said, trembling and searching the forlorn faces of customers who had come in the morning to drink the day away.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The sight of father and daughter made the woman who was eager to pack for a tour somewhat forlorn.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The sunbaked towns; the sparkling, forlorn sea; the wildness and humanity of the island.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
  • And then a forlorn shot of the audience, where a fan rises to his feet to give Pia a standing ovation.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2022
  • The adults tried to keep the mood festive, but Ibrahim’s worries pulled him into forlorn silences.
    — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Years later, they were found forlorn in parking garages across New York City.
    — Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Netted and caged, the great beast dwindles to become a forlorn figure gaped at by crowds.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an attempt at a strawberry bed.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In the basement, a forlorn puppet theatre sat in a corner.
    — Ian Volner, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Lara is trying to talk to her, but Mira is listless, forlorn.
    — Darine Hotait, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
  • However, the eatery was closed that day, and Greg sat forlorn and hungry outside the restaurant.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The posts are appearing amongst warnings about the coming storm, memes and, of course, pictures of dogs with forlorn looks on their faces.
    — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Straddling a flat-bed truck, it was hauled to a then-forlorn stretch south of the Financial District, next to a freeway off-ramp.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The rest of the game was essentially a celebration for the Suns, who danced and dunked their way past the forlorn Lakers.
    — David Brandt, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Rather than opting for a clean break from the forlorn talks, the administration has come up with a clever way to hedge its bets.
    — The Editors, National Review, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Kershaw sat on the bench after the home runs, looking forlorn, bowing his head and holding it in his hands.
    — Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019

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