heartsore
Example Sentences
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I was so thrilled, and, of course, heartsore, but joy overwhelmed the sadness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Immediately after, I’d been rushed away to visit heartsore firefighters after flames erased over 400 homes in Wenatchee.
From Slate ● May 28, 2022
Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021
In most versions of the ballet at least one of the heartsore lovers dies.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2017
I loved his howl, which I could both hear and feel: long and plaintive, woebegone and heartsore, filled with yearning for what used to be and for what would never come again.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
