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US
/ˈhɑɹtˌbɹeɪk/
]
[ UK /hˈɑːtbɹeɪk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːtbɹeɪk/ ]
NOUN
- intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
How To Use heartbreak In A Sentence
- Should I swallow my pride and ask him out, at the risk of rejection, heartbreak, or alienation?
- The fifth series of this thriller is more terrifying and heartbreaking than ever. The Sun
- But they are my responsibility, and it's always heartbreaking if a hive dies out.
- • En route to Europe, Clinton called the multibillion-dollar American reconstruction effort in Afghanistan "heartbreaking," because she said there was little to show for it. ModerateVoters.org
- Having watched reasonably moderate candidates lose the last two presidential elections in heartbreaking fashion, and feeling further frustrated by the steady failure to win either house of Congress, Democrats have made it an article of faith that they lack the political and policy mechanisms to compete with their Republican counterparts. Take Two: Hillary's Choice
- At least one other critic (Barbara Crook in Ottawa) agreed with me that the penultimate scene wasn't the heartbreaker it should have been in this production.
- I've seen it happen more than once to some very dear, sweet people, and it's really heartbreaking to watch.
- I found it especially heartbreaking to read these first-person accounts of the shootings at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville by LiveJournal users bekitty, writingjen, daughter of shooting victim John Worth, and her husband salvador-dalai via the UU LiveJournal group Chalice Circle. Philocrites: First-person accounts of Knoxville church shooting.
- He passed on heartbreak and sorrow, a legacy Bill had to work to overcome.
- The group showed its appreciation of Mr. Haden by playing his tunes, which unrolled like scenes in a classic film: The bright and optimistic "Hello My Lovely" could have underscored a scene of boy-meets-girl; the romping calypso "Child's Play" belonged under a dance sequence; and the excruciatingly haunting ballad "First Song" clearly represented a moment of heartbreak. Getting Down to Brass Tacks