brokenhearted
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His wife eventually died of tuberculosis, and a brokenhearted Vroman, a bibliophile, sold off a chunk of his vast book collection to collect capital to open the store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
A headline in the Boston Globe, external summed up the mood: "Smitten from the start, Boston left brokenhearted as Tartan Army moves on."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Cage is deeply affecting, hiding waves of rage and resentment under a steely-soft demeanor in a heartbreaking story about a brokenhearted human.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
He broke up with me very abruptly, and I was extremely brokenhearted.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
I drove home broken and brokenhearted about Jimmy Dill.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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