break one's heart
Example Sentences
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The efforts of chance writers, if they be men of genius and learning, are things to break one’s heart over.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
Violet stood still a moment, looking wretched enough to break one's heart; then throwing herself upon her bed, she gave way to a passion of tears and sobbing.
From His Heart's Queen by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
And if we did, why break one's heart in the vain effort to do the impossible, to get from human beings what they could not give?
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Nilsson could sing Swedish melodies in a way to drive one crazy or break one's heart.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
Do you think I could go through another series of long months, with only those letters, and letters, and letters to break one's heart over?
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
