break one's heart
Example Sentences
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Nilsson could sing Swedish melodies in a way to drive one crazy or break one's heart.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
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
But one should not begrudge them occasional geese and turkeys, or even break one's heart if they like a lamb in season.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
And—to break at your feet? to break one's heart, do you mean?
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
It's enough to break one's heart to think of such a glorious old place in such hands.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
