break one's heart
Example Sentences
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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)
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
The next day, when they were to be buried, the sight was enough to break one's heart.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John
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
