heartbreak

Example Sentences

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“No one could’ve prepared us for the heartbreak we faced 6 weeks after our little miracle was born,” one mother wrote.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Images released by a local media outlet showed a woman being evacuated on a stretcher and scenes of heartbreak outside the school, with people crying and hugging each other.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

You can get your country heartbreak on with Ella Langley, Bailey Zimmerman and Cody Johnson, and then rock out with Counting Crows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

When the New York Mets missed the playoffs last year on the final day of the season, it seemed like a new low point in a franchise history filled with meltdowns, collapses and heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Only to family dissension, shouting matches, and heartbreak.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides