as in heartbroken
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as in mourned
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Adjective
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Since the release of his revered 2007 debut For Emma, Forever Ago – a cult-classic isolation record composed by a heartbroken Vernon in a cabin in the Wisconsin woods – the musician has transformed himself time and time again.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025 -
His heartbroken wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and their son, both U.S. citizens, have sued the government demanding his return.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.—
Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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And yet, 32 games later, the transaction is barely mourned and hardly mentioned.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Brolin plays a particularly heartsick parent coming for Garner and demanding answers about his missing daughter.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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But viewers, particularly younger female ones, relished their bond — and were heartsick when the stars ended their real-life romance in 2007 after two years.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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The dissolve from a god’s eye view of a comforting, warm embrace in a bed between mother and daughter to the cold, sorrowful chill of Alex’s lonely body hits us like a wallop.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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No other actor this year delivered a line with more sorrowful force.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
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The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.—
Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Rather than reject their advances, Max performs the middle-aged male mating call: jogging in a pair of grey sweatpants with no underwear.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Emme opted for a gray pinstripe suit and plaid tie.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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According to the sheriff's office, Wolfe was last seen driving a gray 2020 Can-Am Defender side-by-side vehicle, and her cell phone was either no longer active or turned on.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Fourteen years of war have left the country desolate, and its people exhausted; millions have been displaced or were forced to become refugees.—
Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani,
The Dial,
25 Mar. 2025
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That quality is maintained first and foremost by a desolate whistling-wind sound effect in the background of all the scenes, along with a sustained droning musical score.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Grieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieved. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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