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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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In an unlikely hybrid of chain letter and valentine, Silicon Alley start-up Secret Admirer.com wants to stoke the market for online matchmaking by letting the lovelorn mail their anonymous notes electronically.
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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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