break one's heart
Example Sentences
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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 was a sight sad enough to break one's heart, with all the tragic circumstances it suggested.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
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)
And he said words so sweet as to break one's heart, of the goodness of God.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint
The small, everyday duties and the great loves that hold one and keep one and stop one—they it is that break one's heart in two.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
