forlorn in the PONS Dictionary

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Spears found him worn out, forlorn and undecided.
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Lying forlorn in a doorway, the dog awaits his end awash in self-pity.
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They can still be seen today as a forlorn reminder of the tragedy of 1879.
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Today, the palace is in a ghostly, forlorn state.
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His most frequent subject matter is love, especially comically forlorn yearning.
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The volunteers knew the odds were against survival and the mission was called, in nineteenth century vernacular, a forlorn hope.
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Unfortunately, the theatre went out of business several years later and stood empty, forlorn, derelict and almost forgotten for over a decade.
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It looked forlorn in the rain with all the barbed wire.
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Pilgrimages were banned and the castle became forlorn, slowly becoming dilapidated.
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His scenes can be joyful and humorous, or they can be forlorn and mournful.
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