Word: forlornly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...streets, the small, neat clapboard houses are dimly lit, if at all, with porch lights extinguished. Outside of town, along the bleak and muddy roads, stand the idled mines, their gantries tall and silent. The mines are deserted, the clanking equipment is silent, the railroad cars standing empty and forlorn in the rain...
...They walked in about 30 yards, sat down in the middle of the tracks with a huge bong, and proceeded to get blown away. Jim, who does not smoke pot, stayed outside in the parking lot, looking at the stars, when from far down the valley he heard the forlorn 'woooooo' of a diesel train horn. He walked across the bridge to the mouth of the tunnel and said, "Ah, you guys, you better get out of the tunnel. There's a train coming." "Oh come on, Bredar," they shouted back, "stop being so paranoid...
...movie ends in the zoo. Elgin sits facing a rather forlorn-looking camel while snowflakes fall around them both. The old zookeeper walks by and Elgin asks him if it snows in the camel's natural habitat. "No," the zookeeper says, "But don't worry about it. He'll get used to it. He'll adapt...
Liza is a tornado of energy, and that has a hypnotic appeal. It sweeps up nearly everyone with its seductive force. When she plays her forte, the waif, her wide dark eyes brim with vulnerability. In moments of stillness, her forlorn, diminutive figure makes a plea for love and assurance that only shattering applause can provide and confirm. And she gets...
...life around her, came to life, only to realize sadly that everyone in the tableau had turned to stone. She then watched from her pedestal as a human being was rejected just as coldly by his re-animated fellows. The tragedy ended in an optimistic climax, when the forlorn man and the lonely statue turned to each other...