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

It is so easy to break a heart; sometimes a mere word will do it.

From Ziska by Corelli, Marie

Just a line; but enough to break a heart.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

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)

There was in her just now nothing but the pagan desire to rule, and to break a heart if need be, if she could not otherwise subdue it.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness