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She looks sorrowful and forlorn.

All that evening I had felt like the soldier who awaits the signal which will send him on a forlorn hope; hope of victory

forlorn hope

She sat forlornly (= alone and unhappy) looking out to sea. (adverb)

He despaired of establishing his office in Calcutta.

His life is despaired of.

I feel so desperate I don't want to talk to anyone.

The situation appears desperate.

He peddled his "miracle cure" to desperate cancer patients.

Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.

The young man must have felt very desperate when he resorted to such a terrible act.

His desperate attempts at distancing himself from his old left-wing ties have impressed no one so far.

The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.

After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.

There was a silence. Harry leaned still closer to the door, desperate to hear more.

needing or wanting something very much By two o’clock, I was desperate for something to eat.

Many homeless families are desperate for a place to live.

Kevin was feeling desperate – he had become lost.

I'm desperate. Should I phone her now and tell her? What should I do?

He was absolutely desperate and would have tried anything to get her back.

Some lonely people are so desperate to make a friend that they will place an advert in the newspaper asking for one.