heart-wrenching
Example Sentences
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Albania's Alis has one of the year's most emotional storylines in Nân, a heart-wrenching ballad about a mother waiting desperately for their child to return home.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Medvedev was outplayed by Novak Djokovic in the 2021 final before a heart-wrenching defeat to Rafael Nadal a year later.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Time and again, Ann’s hope is met with heart-wrenching pain, and to hear Seyfried’s angelic voice laced with her character’s despair is quite unlike anything I have ever experienced watching a film, musical or otherwise.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
The most heart-wrenching reunion is between two teenage girls and involves a not-quite-murder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Plessy turned out to be a heart-wrenching case about an African-American man named Homer Adolph Plessy who wanted to take a ride on the train in 1892.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
