How to Use lovelorn in a Sentence

lovelorn

adjective
  • No matter who sings the lovelorn ballad, it's bound to leave few dry eyes.
    — Abby Jones, Billboard, 13 June 2018
  • What's a lovelorn witch to do but help a handsome prince break the curse plaguing his life?
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Gobs of reverb, with sweetness at the edges, conveyed his lovelorn bloat.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • At its heart is a lovelorn teen boy looking for a real connection.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The record is at once sensual, self-destructive, and lovelorn.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The band's signature sound includes blaring horns and lovelorn lyrics.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The moody, lovelorn track tells the story of a one-night stand over a breakneck Jersey-club beat.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • The aching, lovelorn guitar riff that floats over the tale, Kennedy said, was composed on the spot in the studio.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The film follows a lovelorn factory worker looking for romance in all the wrong the places.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The original Swedish lyrics are about a lovelorn guy named Fernando.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Guests report sightings of a lovelorn ghost-girl, Anna, haunting the upstairs rooms.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • An adult is the proverbial total package—the person who can be everything a lovelorn woman wants and needs.
    — Roxane Gay, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
  • The album rises and crashes with Syd’s emotions; its lilting, lovelorn alt-blues trace the arc of a tryst gone sour.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Sticky melodies and lovelorn lyrics, however, are what really bind all the steel guitars and rave synths together.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • Perhaps the idea of a lovelorn Martin just fits the collective narrative.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Khalid, for all his lovelorn protestations, fully trusts the power of his imploring voice, which warms even his most brittle tracks.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2019
  • But even at their most lovelorn, Future Teens don’t take themselves too seriously.
    — Karen Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The song’s a slap back after having been lied to, continuing the album’s overall lovelorn message.
    — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 31 May 2017
  • His contemplative piano intro and space-y synths set the scene for one of the prettiest lovelorn songs in his catalog.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2016
  • Pisces are known for their tenderness and lovelorn sentiments, which is why Luca aligns with the Water sign.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • With her all-black getup, cowboy hat, and sparkly septum piercing, Musgraves was the image of a lovelorn singer.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • On this and every other night, the Atmosphere set sounds like the private agonies of a lovelorn coed.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Her stacked, lo-fi melodies are reminiscent of Ethel Cain’s, and her lyrics are lovelorn and narratively rich.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2025
  • For the past nine years, Romeo has been emitting plaintive mating calls, but scientists fear that there are no mates left for the lovelorn amphibian.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2018
  • In their new film, which is backed by Apple, Evans plays a lovelorn man who has the best date of his life with de Armas’ character.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • De Vault says, referring to the lovelorn Barbara Hutton, who had seven husbands.
    — Peter Lawrence Kane, SFChronicle.com, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Sandra Bullock acting the part of prickly, lovelorn pulp writer Loretta Sage.
    — Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In it, Stone plays a classic lovelorn office worker not-so-secretly pining for Andy Samberg.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
  • There’s real possibility in the back-and-forth with her lovelorn producer Ragnarok, and Musk looks the part, but the lines fall flat.
    — Matthew Love, Vulture, 9 May 2021

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