be brokenhearted

Example Sentences

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And if “Honey” opens with a trauma, it ends with a salve: “Ever Again” is Robyn at her loosest, brushing aside pain and slinging a promise: “I’m never gonna be brokenhearted ever again.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

But I would be brokenhearted if someone felt I hadn’t delivered on a job.”

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2015

The family has run the bookstore almost as long as the book publishing company, and I would be brokenhearted if we were not able to maintain it.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand no one, including Humanist Bennett, claimed he would be brokenhearted if he got the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is this what it is to be brokenhearted?

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black