aching heart
Example Sentences
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My mistake was that instead of indulging in a series of sloppy rebounds to recalibrate my aching heart, I threw myself headlong into a new career writing about global warming.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023
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
My dreams of democracy have vanished with an aching heart.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2014
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
