break a heart

Example Sentences

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And when Patrice found out that this was a preventable death, she was–you can’t break a heart twice, but she was devastated, and said: I can’t bear the thought of another mother feeling this pain.

From MSNBC • Jun. 26, 2019

Last week I thought that my heart was broken; but now—well, it takes a lot to break a heart.

From The Wooden Horse by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

Dammy, but you'll break a heart or two, you rogue!

From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

It would break a heart of stone to hear her: ‘Oh! dear sir, what shall I do?’

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various

You can't afford to squeeze a sp—I mean, break a heart in this fashion.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)