break one's heart
Example Sentences
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If she must go, she must; she was only eating her heart out here; and perhaps it's better to break one's heart on something than eat it out in emptiness.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
All through, too, there seemed so much reserve power that one could not resist the conviction that he could go on and on, and break one's heart with his voice if he chose.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
But the sights, Mate dear, are enough to break one's heart.
From The Lady of the Decoration by Little, Frances, [pseud.]
Somehow I don't think a man would have the heart to break one's heart; but, to be sure, I don't know....
From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny
The next day, when they were to be buried, the sight was enough to break one's heart.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John
