How to Use heartbreaker in a Sentence

heartbreaker

noun

• The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
• The last one was a heartbreaker to the rival Raiders on the last last last play of the game.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• In a heartbreaker, the Colts lost to the Packers, 13-10.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• James Packer, the heartbreaker, won’t get the best of her.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Vanities, 30 Jan. 2017
• The Chargers dropped a heartbreaker in overtime to the Chiefs, 23-20.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2020
• Boone was only 5-6 a year ago, and lost a heartbreaker in the first round of the playoffs to Lake Mary.
  — Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
• Man, what a heartbreaker for a Colts team that had turned on the jets this season.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2021
• The Pistons are 3-1 in those games, with the loss a one-point heartbreaker to Charlotte.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
• And there was the shootout heartbreaker back in Lethbridge.
  — Samantha Meese, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• David Lindley: This case has been a heartbreaker over the years ...
  — CBS News, 29 June 2019
• But the Lions came back to win 31-27, one of the all-time heartbreakers endured by any NFL team over the years.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2020
• Well, this is the first real heartbreaker of the summer.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 June 2021
• Set against the Chechen war, this novel is a heartbreaker.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 Apr. 2023
• How will the Hawkeyes bounce back after a heartbreaker against Penn State?
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2017
• To any film fan, the loss of these festivals is a heartbreaker.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2020
• The Coyotes won for just the second time since that April 7 heartbreaker.
  — Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2021
• But there have been a handful of heartbreakers for the Wildcats.
  — Joe Mussatto, ajc, 21 Sep. 2017
• What may seem like simple differences can lead to a heartbreaker by the end of the game.
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
• The Bruins coughed up a heartbreaker against Fresno State, and there’s no time to lick their wounds.
  — J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• One of those three defeats was last year's 20-19 heartbreaker at home to the Crimson Tide.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• Hot tools: While this may be a heartbreaker, straightening your hair is not a part of the Curly Girl Method.
  — Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2022
• Giants coach Brian Daboll: Fought hard in the fourth quarter but lost a heartbreaker to the Vikings on a 61-yard field goal.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• In fact, who could fail to notice these two heartbreakers?
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• The song is about a heartbreaker of a conman who moves in high social circles.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• Read on for why Libras are the heartbreakers of the zodiac.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
• The baseball team won 26 games and lost in the Ninth Region final to Highlands in a walkoff heartbreaker, 3-2.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2018
• The Spartans slinked in having lost four straight, while Michigan hasn’t lost since the heartbreaker to Penn State a month ago.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2019
• Tri-West lost a 37-35 heartbreaker to Plainfield on a last-second field goal.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2020
• The Leopards lost a heartbreaker at Spanish Fort last week.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2020
• Jenna Bush Hager's 4-year-old son is a little heartbreaker.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024