heartrending

Speaking of debilitating nostalgia, this one might feel a bit out of place in this album’s universe, but it’s a heartrending gem nonetheless.

It’s a heartrending, nervous-laughter scene: Are they sincere without being desperate?

The rubble of the struck set for the Baxter home in that movie, a fully laid-out, purpose-built filming environment, is particularly heartrending: through Lanthimos’ still lens, it looks like it was hit by a tornado.

Pensive, melodic, uplifting, and heartrending – it's his best album yet.

She delicately balances steeliness and vulnerability to deliver a heartrending performance.