heartbreaker
Example Sentences
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The Cleveland Cavaliers, who fell 140-138 to Miami in an overtime heartbreaker on Monday, rallied to turn the tables with a 130-116 triumph over the Heat.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
“Sunday Love” — one of the best songs on the entire box set — soars, “High Sierra” is an absolute heartbreaker, and “Sunliner” is firmly in a country-rock mold.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025
It is a heartbreaker to see, for what might have been: an “emerald necklace” of mountains, rivers, parks and beaches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
Warning to anyone who was left cold by the final monologue last time around: It is now a heartbreaker, just as it’s meant to be.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
They ignored me and belted out the heartbreaker part where the mother must leave her baby.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
