forlornly

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. in a lonely and desolate manner

Phrases & Collocations

looked forlornly

sat forlornly

walked forlornly

Example Sentences

She looked forlornly out the window, waiting for her lost dog to return.

He sat forlornly on the park bench, watching the couples walk by hand in hand.

The old man gazed forlornly at the photograph of his late wife.

She sighed forlornly as she realized she had missed the last train home.

The abandoned puppy looked forlornly at the closed door, hoping someone would let him in.

He forlornly searched through his pockets for the lost keys.

The homeless man sat forlornly on the sidewalk, holding a sign asking for help.

She stood forlornly in the rain, wondering if he would ever come back.

The old house stood forlornly at the end of the street, its windows boarded up.

He forlornly watched as his friends left without him, feeling left out.

Real-world Examples

" I've failed, " he said to her forlornly.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

" I haven't got any, " said Meg forlornly.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

" Back to being a nobody, " Max said forlornly.

Source: Spider-Man: No Way Home

" It seems as if half the house was gone, " added Meg forlornly.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

She wondered forlornly if she had ever really understood anyone in the world.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Yes, I know" . Wendy admitted rather forlornly; " no one knows it so well as I."

Source: Peter Pan

Margaret knew it all; she read it in Boucher's face, forlornly desperate and livid with rage.

Source: South and North (Middle)

Matthew asked forlornly, feeling secretly thankful that Marilla and not he had to deal with the situation.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Bryan stood forlornly alone. My heart went out to the old warrior as spectators pushed by him to shake Darrow's hand.

Source: Advanced English 1 Third Edition

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