heavy-hearted
Example Sentences
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From feeling heavy-hearted to having butterflies in your stomach, it seems inherent to the human condition that we feel emotions in our bodies, not just in our brains.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
A heavy-hearted but practical conclusion based on the fact that by-elections are expensive if you properly go for it - around £100,000 a piece.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024
Rather, in its voices tinged with sorrow and re-examined history, this expertly tuned film is simply pro-introspection: a heavy-hearted look at an unnecessary death and a cultural superiority long deserving of scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
Yet the very thought made her blush scarlet, for how many heavy-hearted hours had Penelope spent longing for just such a reunion?
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
