forlornness

IPA: fɝɫˈɔrnnʌs

Examples of "forlornness" in Sentences

Her reply began with a hint of forlornness that vanished with her smile, as she warned:
Our choice in this moment of utter forlornness will change the form and the content of the universe.
Then Mr. Edson, who had good abilities, in his forlornness and despair, threw them all to the winds.
Not since The Remains of the Day has Ishiguro written about wasted lives with such finely gauged forlornness.
Around that time, Drake called a friend, who said he could feel "the fear ... the dread, the forlornness" in Drake's voice.
Klinghoffer is less inventive than Frusciante, only breaking loose on The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie's string-snapping solo, but he's there with the big riffs when the songs call for them, while singer Anthony Kiedis excels himself in the forlornness stakes on a sweet tribute to a friend, Brendan's Death Song.
{226} (1) While making all allowance for the feeling of insignificance and forlornness which is apt to overwhelm us when we begin to realise the immensity of the material universe, a little closer thought should make it obvious that nothing in the nature of mere bulk or bigness furnishes even a reasonable presumption, let alone a convincing argument, against the survival of the soul; it is indeed difficult to perceive what legitimate bearing these physical phenomena are supposed to have upon a purely spiritual question.