heartsore

Example Sentences

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I was so thrilled, and, of course, heartsore, but joy overwhelmed the sadness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Immediately after, I’d been rushed away to visit heartsore firefighters after flames erased over 400 homes in Wenatchee.

From Slate • May 28, 2022

Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2021

In most versions of the ballet at least one of the heartsore lovers dies.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2017

I loved his howl, which I could both hear and feel: long and plaintive, woebegone and heartsore, filled with yearning for what used to be and for what would never come again.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine