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heartbreaking

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[ UK /hˈɑːtbɹe‍ɪkɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑɹtˌbɹeɪkɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. causing or marked by grief or anguish
    her sigh was heartbreaking
    a grievous cry
    a grievous loss
    the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter

How To Use heartbreaking In A Sentence

  • 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
  • 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.
  • This is inarguably great art, but for now the lyrics are heartbreaking. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Times obit states he even tried electroshock, which is just heartbreaking. DFW THOUGHTS
  • Although Somerhalder doesn't believe that Damon will continue down his heartbreakingly vulnerable path too long, he does reveal it will become problematic. Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder: Andie Is Damon's "Hot Beard"
  • There was something involuted and heartbreaking in his friend's compassion for him. THE BROKEN GOD
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