break one's heart
Example Sentences
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The small, everyday duties and the great loves that hold one and keep one and stop one—they it is that break one's heart in two.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
Miss Hyde, don't ever want to see a man cry; it's enough to break one's heart!
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
So he began to shriek and to bewail; 'twas enough to break one's heart; and so the king threw his pocket-handkerchief to him to bind his wound.
From Popular Tales from the Norse by Dasent, George Webbe
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
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
