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Especially sad is the case of Netta, one of Liat’s three children, who survived the attack.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025 -
The range of weapons and passive abilities that drop from major enemies just encourage different playstyles, rather than shoving you into a sad corner full of regrets.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Instead, a crestfallen Nunez was left with an all-too-familiar sinking feeling and another glaring miss for his collection.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Anyway, Will ultimately adds $168,000 to the prize pot and sends a crestfallen M.G. home.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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The area still had a slightly forlorn air, with stores boarded up and a few tent villages.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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In the clip, Junior can be seen lying in his bed, motionless, looking off into the distance with a seemingly forlorn look on his face.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Here, the New York scenes are far too glum to coexist with the breezy maneuvering that’s happening in the present, and giving the lead an illusory disabled brother to talk to from time to time feels like the worst version of a wannabe Shyamalan twist.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Fey asked a smiling Reynolds, who quickly grew glum and suspicious.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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What to watch: This weekend's gloomy weather shouldn't deter birders, Rayner said.—
Nicole Cobler,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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Dratch first performed Debbie Downer on SNL in 2004 in a sketch that saw the gloomy character ruin a family trip to Walt Disney World.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door.—
Liam Sherwin-Murray,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2024
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Her despondent facial reaction even became a meme online.—
Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Larson will win it behind the strength of Hendrick Motorsports, the New York Yankees of NASCAR — setting him up for another championship-contending Cup season and leaving all motorsport storytellers despondent, wondering what could’ve been.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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