break one's heart
Example Sentences
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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
The crickets chirped, and a shepherd lad lying among the tall grasses blew so melancholy an air upon his horn that it was enough to break one's heart.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
Somehow I don't think a man would have the heart to break one's heart; but, to be sure, I don't know....
From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny
He spoke simply of it, but to break one's heart.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
All through, too, there seemed so much reserve power that one could not resist the conviction that he could go on and on, and break one's heart with his voice if he chose.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
