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
But they did not entirely repay me for the heaviness of heart from which I suffered.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
There is a terrible weight upon my spirits this morning," added the elder brother, speaking huskily; "I have never felt such a heaviness of heart before.
From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Townsend, Mary Ashley
‘Wel, wel,’ replied the good dame, in much heaviness of heart, ‘make much of my little children!’
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
Despite all, the heaviness of heart remains, pressing upon those who listen as on her who sings.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
