heart-stricken
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In the first, Seneca addresses his mother, who is heart-stricken over his banishment.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015
The most dramatic change of pace was his crooning an anguished, heart-stricken “Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?”
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2012
R&B singers Monica and Brandy, heavily influenced by Houston, were supposed to perform together at the event, but Davis said the singers were "too heart-stricken."
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2012
Most people were heart-stricken when a tsunami hit Japan in March.
From Inc • Dec. 21, 2011
He retired into the most complete seclusion, maintaining the heart-stricken silence of a grief too deep for words, and scarcely seeing even his own nearest relatives.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
