Forlorn

Examples

• How did the Expression Forlorn Hope Originate? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There are dogs about the house, and shall I leave my forlorn white children at the mercies of the dogs? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is a forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed till dark. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• After some pondering, I determined to write to the only honest man within reach whom we could trust to help us discreetly in our forlorn situation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the expression forlorn hope we have made the Dutch word hoop meaning a company into hope. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There is no telling how much this result was contributed to by General Lew Wallace's leading what might well be considered almost a forlorn hope. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Had the forlorn creature come to any harm? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But they will be empty--no one will risk to break a lance for the innocent, the forlorn. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• There was but a single forlorn hope, and I took it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Round the right corner of the battery came a furious crowd, headed by a huge negro, for Alcibiades had no liking for heading such a forlorn hope. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Just as forlorn and stupefied as I was when my husband's spirit flew away I have sat ever since--never attempting to mend matters at all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It isn't like you to be forlorn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What a pitiable, forlorn, disconsolate being I was! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The deep bell of St Paul's was striking nine as he passed under the shadow of Temple Bar, headless and forlorn in these degenerate days. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Here was a stranger utterly and helplessly at my mercy--and that stranger a forlorn woman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• All its paleness, all its change, all its forlorn meaning were clearly revealed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There was but one forlorn hope for us, and I took it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Did the forlorn woman whom you met in the high-road seem young? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Shirley had the air of a black swan or a white crow in the midst of this party, and very forlorn was her aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The forlorn smile with which she said it, so touched him, that tears started from his eyes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was all so strange, so extremely desolate, like the underworld, grey, grey, dirt grey, desolate, forlorn, nowhere--grey, dreary nowhere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I gazed upon the schoolroom into which he took me, as the most forlorn and desolate place I had ever seen. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was alone with her, when her forlorn young head drooped gently on one side, and all her earthly wrongs and sorrows ended. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Halliday was coming back, looking forlorn and sick. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They all three went in; and Mr. Gradgrind sat down forlorn, on the Clown's performing chair in the middle of the ring. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I never saw a place that wanted so much improvement in my life; and it is so forlorn that I do not know what can be done with it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This light was my forlorn hope: I must gain it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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