heartbroken
Example Sentences
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They soon understand that to be heartbroken is to be damned to know the exquisite pain of being alive.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We were heartbroken to learn that the victim was a UC Santa Cruz student,” UC Santa Cruz spokesperson Scott Hernandez-Jason wrote in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Following his death, Mark Hughes and his wife Jill said they were "totally heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected loss of our beloved son".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Lopez-Cornejo's mother told the local New Jersey Monitor news site that she was "heartbroken" by her son's death.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
He felt helpless and heartbroken but also so terribly guilty.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
