forlornly in English

adverb

sadly; hopelessly, despairingly, desolately

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1. Huck scanned his own clothing forlornly.

2. 4 Huck scanned his own clothing forlornly.

3. The novel concludes with the lovers forlornly bidding each other sayonara.

4. Forlornly we made our way to the local restaurant.

5. His father forlornly hoped someone might have seen them.

6. A single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard.

7. It is stranded somewhat forlornly in the middle of the plain.

8. A Dutch newspaper photographed the president waiting forlornly in the rain.

9. He was as cold as the stone she sat on, she thought forlornly.

10. Beneath her, the udder, once high and tight, drooped forlornly almost to the floor.

11. The church of San Celso, now standing somewhat forlornly beside the bigger, more illustrious church, has the longer history.

12. It sat forlornly in the middle of an arid coastal basin, lacking both a port and a railroad.

13. I admit that the poor Blewit sat forlornly in the fridge for a few days before its celebrity was recognized and it sat for its portrait.

14. In the failing grey afternoon light, we stand over a great brown-black pit. A few fir trees and an abandoned bulldozer perch forlornly around the fringes.

15. These protective garments are generally also festooned with wands of office: Besmeared stethoscopes draped around the neck, clunky paging devices clipped to the belt, and an array of well chewed ballpoint pens poking forlornly from the breast and hip pockets.