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heart-rending
adjective as in heart-wrenching
adjective as in heartbreaking
adjective as in distressing
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adjective as in grievous
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adjective as in harrowing
adjective as in poignant
adjective as in sad
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adjective as in touching
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adjective as in tragic
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Example Sentences
Laurie Metcalf gave a heart-rending portrayal of a businesswoman suffering from early dementia in The Other Place.
About 1.7 million viewers tuned in to the heart-rending drama.
The News From Spain By Joan Wickersham Seven heart-rending love stories only peripherally about Spain.
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon delivers a brilliant, heart-rending performance in the delightful dramedy Jeff, Who Lives at Home.
They contain some of the most exquisite, heart-rending, and thought-provoking writing I have come across.
The most heart-rending events connected with these disasters occurred everywhere throughout the country.
The wailings of the damned can never be more heart-rending, as they were driven out, crying, 'O Lord!
This mad, sad, heart-rending, adventure must have driven him to insanity.
With the morning light the scene of destruction presented to the eyes of the survivors was truly heart-rending.
It is heart-rending to look at a picture such as this; it is sad to think of it and to write about it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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