How To Use forlornness In A Sentence
- {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. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
- Then Mr. Edson, who had good abilities, in his forlornness and despair, threw them all to the winds. Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
- The repetition in lines two and four underscores the severity of the situation and the depth of the speaker's forlornness: She cannot simply relieve the pain that she feels through a pleasurable activity.
- They would have shuddered at the dust-windrowed street, the litter of refuse, the dismal lonesomeness, the forlornness, the utter isolation, the desolation. 'Firebrand' Trevison
- 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. Red Hot Chili Peppers: I'm With You – review
- Radical subjectivism brings the anguish and forlornness of existentialism to man at the close of dualism.
- The smile she'd had on her face slowly dissipated as a feeling of forlornness washed over her.
- Nor does it, as some supporters of the project insist, either convey unsettling, dizzy-making sensations, or employ milder, aesthetically educational means to let the forlornness of the victims be heard.
- Around that time, Drake called a friend, who said he could feel "the fear ... the dread, the forlornness" in Drake's voice. Former NSA executive Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak
- Our choice in this moment of utter forlornness will change the form and the content of the universe. Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp: Retrieving G-d's Hidden Rays of Light: A Global Partnership Is Emerging