adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vain/forlorn hope (= hope for something that is impossible )
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He traveled south in the vain hope of finding work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hope
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For Coulthard, the prospect of posting a third successive Silverstone win looks a forlorn hope at best after another disappointing race.
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But these outcasts of the consumer boom have learned to make even a forlorn hope go a long way.
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Well, it had been a forlorn hope at best.
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Even they realise, however, that the real world makes that an increasingly forlorn hope .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A forlorn line of refugees stood near the truck.
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The banners and ribbons looked forlorn in the rain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they are wrong to be so forlorn .
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From a place on the shady side I watched the most forlorn spectacle I have ever seen.
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It was a forlorn sight to see that troupe passing through our lines at such a time.
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Locals pile garbage beside the forlorn visitors center.
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The reporters have dispersed, and the two of them actually look somewhat forlorn when I come by.
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With the modernisation of the railway system, Brooke End signal box was abandoned, its structure left to stand forlorn .