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Adjective
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How’s this for a sad old country tune?—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The results were a shock to the family, but one that was tinged with a sad realization.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With two more wins against the woebegone Chicago White Sox, Seattle could sneak to within 1 1/2 games before the Astros open a weekend series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Only Hunter Goodman, a catcher who played for Hartford in 2022 and 23, will represent the woebegone franchise in the All-Star Game.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Dafoe plays this encounter with a sly crestfallen radiance.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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However that plays out, there is likely to be one winner reveling in his first crown, having achieved the ultimate goal in their sport, and a crestfallen loser, knowing perhaps his best chance has passed by, both in the same McLaren garage.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Oliver had one of his best professional games during the team’s Week 1 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, and was initially forlorn about not being able to continue on his early-season success immediately due to the injury.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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In other words, Steve is a lot to play, and the Oscar-winner throws himself into every forlorn expression, every kindly mentoring session, every manic bit of rushing to and fro as chaos reigns around him, every stumbling step toward self-medicating into oblivion.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Usually, the Bears are on the glum side of a result like Sunday’s 25-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The album’s emotional palette fluidly shifts between defiant bravado and glum recognition that the big dream was more than likely to crash and burn.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With gloomy-yet-gorgeous accordion melodies driven against acoustic guitars and a tololoche, the song showcases the vulnerability of a crumbling relationship through an emotional dialogue between two lovers.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Amby is disconsolate on the drive home.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Michael Cole was despondent during his distant commentary of the women’s WWE Tag Team Championship match.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Burials have taken place at a July 11 commemoration service—a despondent attempt at closure for grieving families.—
Seema Jilani
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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