break one's heart
Example Sentences
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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
For it would be better, she thought, to break one's heart over such a parting as was to come next day, than to have no one in the world from whom parting would be pain.
From Two Maiden Aunts by Debenham, Mary H.
Violet stood still a moment, looking wretched enough to break one's heart; then throwing herself upon her bed, she gave way to a passion of tears and sobbing.
From His Heart's Queen by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
And if we did, why break one's heart in the vain effort to do the impossible, to get from human beings what they could not give?
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
If this is not enough to break one's heart!
From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène
