heart-struck
Example Sentences
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As you may have gathered, “Whales” sometimes lays on the heart-struck whimsy as thickly as a Frank Capra movie.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
None but the fool, who labours to out-jest His heart-struck injuries.
From King Lear by Shakespeare, William
I saw, and was amazed with heart-struck joy.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Atrides, heart-struck, wander'd to and fro, And to the clear-voic'd heralds gave command To call, but not with proclamation loud, Each sev'ral man to council; he himself Spar'd not his labour, mixing with the chiefs.
From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of
He has heard Senta's exclamation, witnessed her strange condition, and affected by it differently from all the others cries, heart-struck, "Senta, Senta, are you determined to destroy me?"
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
