heart-struck
Example Sentences
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As you may have gathered, “Whales” sometimes lays on the heart-struck whimsy as thickly as a Frank Capra movie.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
While thus one spirit spake, The other wailed so sorely, that heart-struck I, through compassion fainting, seem'd not far From death, and like a corse fell to the ground.
From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by MacClintock, Porter Lander
He has heard Senta's exclamation, witnessed her strange condition, and affected by it differently from all the others cries, heart-struck, "Senta, Senta, are you determined to destroy me?"
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
And in the heart-struck silence which fell upon the little group that she left behind, Lady Caroline gravely bowed and led her weeping daughter from the room.
From A True Friend A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
He expired on the fifth day, without recovering his senses, and totally unconscious of the presence of the heart-struck mourners that were weeping round his bed.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
