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
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)
And it is for him that, moved by grief, I weep in heaviness of heart and these tears of compassion trickle down my eyes!'
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
With a sadness and heaviness of heart he had never before experienced, George set out on his return home, where he arrived just in time to receive his dying father's blessing.
From The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
When she awoke, the bright-hued dome of the tent was aglow in the morning sun; the reflected radiance bathed her face and form; her heaviness of heart had taken wings.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
