break one's heart
Example Sentences
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"If one must break one's heart, it is best to do it at once and have done with it," said Nettie, under her breath.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
Miss Hyde, don't ever want to see a man cry; it's enough to break one's heart!
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
So he began to shriek and to bewail; ’twas enough to break one’s heart; and so the King threw his pocket-handkerchief to him to bind his wound.
From East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North by Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen
But lovers seem always to break one's heart and to love the wrong one.
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
If she must go, she must; she was only eating her heart out here; and perhaps it's better to break one's heart on something than eat it out in emptiness.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
