broken heart
Example Sentences
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I was lucky to get out with only a broken heart, not a broken life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
"Ramadan without the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a very sad feeling, a feeling of having a broken heart," said worshipper Zeyad Mona.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
But the celebratory atmosphere masks a broken heart, as Bad Bunny is reminded of the ex who taught him to dance.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
“My name is on the first leaf. If you can ever write under my name, “I forgive her,” though ever so long after my broken heart is dust pray do it!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
