heart-struck
Example Sentences
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As you may have gathered, “Whales” sometimes lays on the heart-struck whimsy as thickly as a Frank Capra movie.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
Helen—even then, heart-struck as I was, I could not but pity the unfortunate being whose very apprehensions were thus agonizing.
From Theresa Marchmont Or, the Maid of Honour A Tale by Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances)
Pleasure, heart-struck at the death of Adonais, has abrogated her own nature, and has become blinded with tears; her eyes can therefore serve no longer to guide her steps.
From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Let us not heed these things! for--light as is the task to traders in death's dark trappings; painful and soul-subduing are those withering details to the grieving and heart-struck mourner!
From A Love Story by A Bushman
Withdraw those curtains which hide the heart-struck and the dead.
From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles
