break one's heart
Example Sentences
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It is enough to break one’s heart to see Griff when he hears about home, and Edward, and Emily.
From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
The crickets chirped, and a shepherd lad lying among the tall grasses blew so melancholy an air upon his horn that it was enough to break one's heart.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
"It does break one's heart to see such children, doesn't it?" she answered, looking at them tenderly and ignoring his pointed tribute to her beauty.
From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas
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
