break one's heart
Example Sentences
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If this is not enough to break one's heart!
From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène
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.
"If one must break one's heart, it is best to do it at once and have done with it," said Nettie, under her breath.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
One could intelligibly break one's heart over that.
From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph
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
