heartache
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And that almost always ends in heartburn or heartache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A woman who welcomed a daughter after two pregnancy losses has said she wants others who face similar heartache to know "there is still hope".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
In such moments, Ms. Smith offers her own translation of the strange and specific vocabulary of heartache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Throughout all of this heartache, his family had never abandoned him.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
McIlroy's win is both the most significant achievement of his 18-year professional career and the culmination of a journey that has forced him to rebound from a series of major championship heartaches.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
“This is an intriguing novel filled with surprises, thrills, triumphs, and the heartaches of a family connected through time and circumstance.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
That she could have lived quietly and saved everyone the heartaches that would come.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing heartache
Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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