aching heart
Example Sentences
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But it is Janis who gives this melodrama its soaring, aching heart, and at every moment she exudes a radiance that is both bracingly down-to-earth and positively otherworldly.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021
“Ni Mi Madre” is an aching heart wrapped in laughter and a long white dress — an offering of understanding and forgiveness, presented on the altar of bruised inheritance.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
I spent middle school alone with an anxious, aching heart.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2019
“I stand before you with an aching heart, a heart that aches for Cpl. Ballard, his wife, his daughter, his family, a heart that aches for the Delaware State Police who served with him.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 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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