heavy heart

Example Sentences

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What I said in August: "This prediction is made with a heavy heart, but there have been some damaging departures and not enough quality incomings."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared,” he said in a statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"With a heavy heart I believe action is necessary to bring about change," she added in comments reported by Yonhap news agency.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

“This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Mark had no expectations there, had accepted, with a heavy heart, that his friend might be dead.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner