heaviness of heart
Example Sentences
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At whatever address they happen to be, dozens of Chinese refugee students will get letters from home this week, and each will bring a heaviness of heart and a torment of fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bitterness and heaviness of heart dwelt deep in Brian that night, and for some time to come.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
I see a journey, trouble, and misfortune, grief, sorrow, heavy loss, and heaviness of heart.
From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
And, next day, to Hazel, sitting by watching him swing the heavy, double-bitted ax on the foundation logs of their winter home, it all seemed foolish, that heaviness of heart which sometimes assailed her.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
It was with heaviness of heart that they surrendered the last sign of Spain's ancient dominion in the far Pacific.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)
