heartbreak

Example Sentences

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On Sunday, Arsenal will get on an open-top bus parade to celebrate their Premier League title, less than 24 hours after their final heartbreak.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Liam and Enda leave by choice—Liam for India as a Jesuit missionary and Enda for America with her fiddle—though leaving is a heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Everybody has felt heartbreak or confusion or duped or confused or distrustful of their own intuition and all of that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Blind to betrayals and heartbreak, and always stubborn, no matter how gently she tried to explain.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern