How to Use heartbreak in a Sentence

heartbreak

noun
  • I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death.
  • He recently suffered a string of romantic heartbreaks.
  • Season 2 is a whirlwind of emotions about friendship, work and heartbreak.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
  • In fact, watching the way Thiébauld dealt with his heartbreak is what made Twain so enamored by him.
    Hollee Actman Becker, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022
  • The pandemic was a mixed bag of either success and exploration or failure and heartbreak.
    Essence, 24 July 2022
  • But with mutual heartbreak came an unexpected love story.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 July 2022
  • The creators ultimately mined heartbreak borrowed from real life.
    Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
  • Every round of hope and heartbreak has taken a heavy toll on this National Guard family from Ohio.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Love and heartbreak unfold as Katniss and the other Tributes battle for survival, as only one contestant comes out of the event alive.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • Jaouad, like many others, has long kept a journal as a way to mark her life’s experiences, noting the practice has carried her through illness, heartbreak and uncertainty.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • On the album’s surface and in its intention, Gemini Rights is an exploration of Lacy’s first true heartbreak.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2022
  • Through her genuine spirit and enduring faith, Tammy emerges from under her husband's shadow to blossom into a TV icon amid heartbreak and scandal.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the humor is right next to the heart and the heartbreak.
    Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • The heartbreak of war and the split between North and South lingers.
    Brittani Samuel, ELLE, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There’s some kind of loss and that is the heartbreak of the whole series.
    Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The dream season ends in heartbreak for the Horned Frogs.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And, so, our heartbreak does feel good in a place like that.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The week was full of other mishaps on top of heartbreak.
    Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Many roads end in heartbreak, but some paths lead to true love.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • A lot of pain, a lot of heartbreak, a lot of suffering.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • And as with many breakups, the longer the relationship, the deeper the heartbreak.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There is a range of harms and heartbreak alleged in the filings.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a child.
    Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The heartbreak and the love because she's seen as the Serpent Queen and this villain.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2022
  • And this time, for Kimball, there’d be no more heartbreak.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • For Marist Catholic girls soccer, the end of the season had become a time of heartbreak.
    oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean the heartbreaks she’s experienced in the past don’t still sting.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But, in true Peanuts fashion, there's heartbreak mixed in with all the candy hearts and DIY notes.
    Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
  • This Cougars’ 3-0 start aside, Pullman has been the site of heartbreak for many Beavers on the current roster.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023

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