How to Use heartbreaking in a Sentence

heartbreaking

adjective
  • She wrote a heartbreaking story about the death of her grandfather.
  • It was heartbreaking to know that there was nothing I could do.
  • The team suffered another heartbreaking defeat.
  • Law then reveals the reason behind the heartbreaking bit of movie magic.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Pasta parties, singing songs on team bus rides, summer workouts and bonding with her teammates overshadowed the heartbreaking loss.
    Colin McNamara, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That was the most heartbreaking scene to have to shoot.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
  • To me, that’s the most heartbreaking thing about the modern age.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
  • But then there's episode 2, which has one of the most heartbreaking parts of the whole series.
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • If so, Game 7 is a heartbreaking loss in more ways than one.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • On top of that, there’s climate change, which for me is the most heartbreaking.
    Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And the twists and turns of the story were so surprising and heartbreaking.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The fact that there's no one standing next to me is heartbreaking.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • She can be heard crying offscreen in one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the film.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So to learn about the fires last month was beyond heartbreaking.
    Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Every scene between the two of them is more heartbreaking than the last.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • No open shot passed up was more heartbreaking than this one.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Her team took to social media to share the heartbreaking news.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 31 July 2023
  • To even flirt with the idea that Landeskog won’t return to form is heartbreaking.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 23 May 2024
  • The gaffe left the Pioneers with a heartbreaking 24-23 loss.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The year 2020 marked the heartbreaking passing of his mother.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2024
  • The last 24 hours have truly been heartbreaking for all.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024
  • Her accounts of her time with Kurt Cobain are poignant and heartbreaking.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 14 May 2024
  • The heartbreaking loss will always be with them, even in the happiest times.
    Kristi Pahr, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The night that Clinton lost her own bid for the White House in 2016 was one of the most heartbreaking that Walz can remember.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Oh my God, the movie is so heartbreaking and so beautiful and so deep.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • But residents said the most heartbreaking impact of the storm hasn’t been the damage to their homes.
    Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The Great Lakes are full of heartbreaking stories of lost mariners, and their vessels, some of which have never been found.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
  • Episode 9 is bigger and badder, and to my mind, even more heartbreaking than this one.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2022
  • Videos of the rescues show a heartbreaking tableaux of the damage wrought by marine debris.
    Cara Buckley, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Releasing koalas is one of the rewards of what can be a heartbreaking task.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024

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