Both Uses of
forlorn
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- The chickens had been shut away, the yard had been swept, and the nearby garden had been pruned, plucked, and generally spruced up, although Harry, who liked it in its overgrown state, thought that it looked rather forlorn without its usual contingent of capering gnomes.†
Chpt 6 *
- He struggled on the verge of speech, but with a contemptuous look she turned and climbed back through the portrait holeā¦ The corridor dissolved, and the scene took a little longer to reform: Harry seemed to fly through shifting shapes and colors until his surroundings solidified again and he stood on a hilltop, forlorn and cold in the darkness, the wind whistling through the branches of a few leafless trees.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(forlorn) sad, hopeless, pitiful and/or abandoned