the lovelorn
noun
: people who are unhappy because of love
Her newspaper column offers advice for the lovelorn.
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The second season centered on issues of love and trust, and Tanya—the lovelorn woman whose husband was plotting to kill her—wound up dead.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
Which is admittedly unexpected, given who’s playing the lovelorn professional killers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Despite giving his tenderest and most nuanced performance, Carrey was again ignored by the Academy for his work as the lovelorn Joel, who undergoes an experimental procedure to erase memories of his former flame Clementine (Winslet, who did receive a nomination).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Director Michel Gondry even prohibited Carrey from improvising any of his lines as the lovelorn Joel Barish, who undergoes a procedure to forget his relationship with Kate Winslet's Clementine Kruczynski.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Laurent purposefully wanted to take Bravo out of his zeitgeist spotlight as the lovelorn Gabriel from Emily in Paris.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
The first film dabbled in romance — who could forget the lovelorn Dottie (Elizabeth Daily)?
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
Here, the lovelorn popetón tracks and ballads that made Ocean one of his country’s most prominent musicians are sung here to Venezuela itself.
—E.r. Pulgar, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
Actor and executive producer Matt Bomer has earned his second Emmy nomination, this time for his role as the lovelorn State Department official Hawk Fuller on Showtime’s Fellow Travelers.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 July 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
Which is admittedly unexpected, given who’s playing the lovelorn professional killers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Despite giving his tenderest and most nuanced performance, Carrey was again ignored by the Academy for his work as the lovelorn Joel, who undergoes an experimental procedure to erase memories of his former flame Clementine (Winslet, who did receive a nomination).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Director Michel Gondry even prohibited Carrey from improvising any of his lines as the lovelorn Joel Barish, who undergoes a procedure to forget his relationship with Kate Winslet's Clementine Kruczynski.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Laurent purposefully wanted to take Bravo out of his zeitgeist spotlight as the lovelorn Gabriel from Emily in Paris.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
The first film dabbled in romance — who could forget the lovelorn Dottie (Elizabeth Daily)?
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
Here, the lovelorn popetón tracks and ballads that made Ocean one of his country’s most prominent musicians are sung here to Venezuela itself.
—E.r. Pulgar, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
Actor and executive producer Matt Bomer has earned his second Emmy nomination, this time for his role as the lovelorn State Department official Hawk Fuller on Showtime’s Fellow Travelers.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 July 2024
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