heartbreaking

Example Sentences

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“It’s heartbreaking because it’s a road sign that we are going backwards.”

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

"After all my investment and hard work, it is heartbreaking."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Velasco referred to the deaths as “absolutely painful, heartbreaking, and of course, also absolutely unacceptable to the Mexican government.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Suriname could have joined that group back in November, but suffered a heartbreaking loss to Guatemala.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Only five weeks later, Captain Robert F. Scott of England reached it, a heartbreaking second-place finish—and then died on the way back to his base.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong