break one's heart
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Popular Tales from the Norse by Dasent, George Webbe
"It does break one's heart to see such children, doesn't it?" she answered, looking at them tenderly and ignoring his pointed tribute to her beauty.
From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas
But the sights, Mate dear, are enough to break one's heart.
From The Lady of the Decoration by Little, Frances, [pseud.]
