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Adjective
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Oklahoma represents the sad conclusion of the Trail of Tears, and Tulsa serves as the meeting point for tribal nations—the Osage, Muscogee, and Cherokee.—
Nicholas Lalla,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025 -
Police sad officers began providing aid to Mitchell, but medics later pronounced him dead at the scene.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Cut to: Lithgow wearing a perfectly crestfallen expression.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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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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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
Adjective
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The operation embarrassed the Kremlin and aimed to counter unceasingly glum news from the front line.—
Samya Kullab and Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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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
Adjective
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But while risks abound, the situation is probably not as gloomy as the model implies.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The treasurer also sits on the board of PERA, which faces uncertainty amid gloomy projections and other budget-tightening proposals.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
26 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
Adjective
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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 15 Mar. 2025.
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