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brokenhearted

[broh-kuhn-hahr-tid] / ˈbroʊ kənˈhɑr tɪd /


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Lizzie Rovzek, who appeared in episodes scattered over five seasons of “RHOC,” wrote, “Love you so much. Amen” on that post, which included the sentence “He heals the brokenhearted and binds their wounds.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

Rollin had been dealing with pain from arthritis and a gastrointestinal condition, she said, and had been brokenhearted since the death of her husband, Harold Edwards, a mathematician, in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Ms. Huang tried to rally her brokenhearted friends.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023

But Colman explained in a recent interview that costume designer Verity Hawkes wanted to portray the brokenhearted woman as rotting from the inside by darkening her hem to look like there's mold growing through it.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

They also took my boots—I’m brokenhearted about my boots!

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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