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

It is so easy to break a heart; sometimes a mere word will do it.

From Ziska by Corelli, Marie

Was he to desert this creature of his affections, and break a heart which beat only for him?

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

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

It would break a heart of stone to hear her: ‘Oh! dear sir, what shall I do?’

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various