heartbreaker

noun

heart·break·er ˈhärt-ˌbrā-kər

: one that causes heartbreak

Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence

The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.

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Match 2 of quarterfinals: Texas sweeps gender doubles, drops a 34-32 heartbreaker in Mixed, but closes out the win behind Alshon's dominance to force match 3. Match 3 of quarterfinals: Alshon comes up big again, and this time Texas sweeps mixed to win the match and advance. —

Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 The Lot has drinks and snacks available for purchase so your stomach will be satiated even as your soul will be crushed by a kid’s movie whose first few minutes have the heft of a Ingmar Bergman heartbreaker. —

Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 8 July 2024 Texas may have the clearest path to a national championship The University of Texas Longhorns lost a heartbreaker to Georgia in the SEC championship game Saturday night. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024 Did your team lose a heartbreaker on a late-game free-kick goal? —

Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heartbreaker