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.
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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 -
The song captures a form of heartbreak no parent should have to face: the loss of a child.
— Bryan West, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 -
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 -
The evoking lyrics to this melancholic tune sing of a heartbreak.
— Griselda Flores, Billboard, 2 July 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 -
That subplot may end in heartbreak, yet none of it is downplayed.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023 -
In the song, Cyrus sings about finding self-love after heartbreak.
— Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023 -
But then, in a blink, Williams was introduced to the heartbreak that has come with the rivalry.
— Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024 -
Has the ratio of heartbreak to hope tilted in your novels?
— Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 -
In the clip, Wallen gave Drake advice after an apparent heartbreak as the two go out on the town.
— Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Lindy is all in and doesn't want to open herself up to potential heartbreak if Miguel isn't in this for the long haul.
— Clara Berghaus, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022 -
But before all of these, Swift is a writer, transforming the delights and heartbreaks of her life into music.
— Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024 -
It’s tinged with so many other feelings, like disappointment and shock and heartbreak.
— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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