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aching heart

NOUN
broken heart
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This proves to be a consistent theme across “Moisturizer,” which often feels like Teasdale’s ode to an aching heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

“My aching heart is shattered into little pieces and beyond repair,” Eileen Rosenberg, whose daughter, Malky Weisz, was killed, said in court on Thursday.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

I spent middle school alone with an anxious, aching heart.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2019

The point guard also was managing an aching heart, as Tuesday would’ve been the 23rd birthday of his late sister, Chyna, who was killed in a single-car accident on April 15.

From Washington Times ● May 3, 2017

He had young Baby Kochamma’s aching heart on a leash, bumping behind him, lurching over leaves and small stones.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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