break a heart

Example Sentences

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And when Patrice found out that this was a preventable death, she was–you can’t break a heart twice, but she was devastated, and said: I can’t bear the thought of another mother feeling this pain.

From MSNBC • Jun. 26, 2019

Here, when she smiles, you know it is her teeth She's putting to the test ere she depart For the gay revel on the lawn beneath, Or moonlight ramble that may break a heart.

From When hearts are trumps by Hall, Thomas Winthrop

If I tell it, I break a heart.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

It may be that your supplications, rising, May yet avert this dire, impending blow: Oft prayer can break a heart of adamant.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

This is that which will make the water stand in our eyes, that will break a heart of flint, and that will make one do as they do that are in bitterness for their firstborn.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John