break one's heart
Example Sentences
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If she must go, she must; she was only eating her heart out here; and perhaps it's better to break one's heart on something than eat it out in emptiness.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
"If one must break one's heart, it is best to do it at once and have done with it," said Nettie, under her breath.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
Is it not better to break one's heart than to break one's soul?
From Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out by Ryder, Annie H
The efforts of chance writers, if they be men of genius and learning, are things to break one’s heart over.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
"It's enough to break one's heart to hear you, and see you!" he burst out—and suddenly turned his head aside.
From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie
