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The simultaneous beauty and harshness of the music can be disorienting or even comic—at one point, a quietly lovelorn ballad breaks open into an instrumental track consisting only of whip sounds.
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Their voices and personalities — his charming but unreliable street hustler dad, his stoic lovelorn mother, his deeply religious grandmother and various colorful friends, mentors and love interests — all spring vividly to life in a fine performance.
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Unlike the lovelorn priest Imhotep (the subject of the iconic 1932 Mummy and its 1999 remake), Ahmanet lacks for personal motivation, seeking only to revive Set and unleash hell on earth.
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An adult is the proverbial total package—the person who can be everything a lovelorn woman wants and needs.
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The song’s a slap back after having been lied to, continuing the album’s overall lovelorn message.
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The project is far from Mr. Hayman’s previous musical life in Hefner, a lovelorn indie group that released four albums from 1998 to 2001.
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When her fiancé breaks off their upcoming nuptials, lovelorn Michal, an Orthodox Jew, decides to go ahead with the wedding anyway, counting on God to provide her with a husband in the next 30 days.
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His lovelorn character in Significant Other was considered in some circles a bit retro, the stereotypical gay best friend.
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First Known Use of lovelorn
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LOVELORN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of lovelorn for English Language Learners
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: unhappy because of love : feeling love for someone who does not feel the same way
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