heartbroken
Example Sentences
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In a poetic twist, Journey’s highest-charting hit was blocked from No. 1 by the J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold,” in which the heartbroken narrator goes laughing all the way to his bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As his heartbroken team dressed in the locker room, Taylor pledged that the adversity would shape them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We spent a long time there, so of course I felt heartbroken when they forced us out of our home," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I’m heartbroken over what happened in America yesterday,” Rodrigo said onstage then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
His guardian looked almost heartbroken then, and Bod found himself scared, like a child who has woken a sleeping panther.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
