break one's heart
Example Sentences
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Our friend's mother was one of the next to go, and the way his brothers and sisters disappeared one after another was a thing to break one's heart.
From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport
It was a sight sad enough to break one's heart, with all the tragic circumstances it suggested.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
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.
He spoke simply of it, but to break one's heart.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
