broken heart
Example Sentences
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"You can't move. You're like a prisoner and you didn't do anything wrong," she told AFP, saying that the woman for whom she cared would "have a broken heart."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
I was lucky to get out with only a broken heart, not a broken life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
"My mum and dad weren't together, so I always think it was a bit of a broken heart as well," said Meg.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
David's is not the only broken heart we leave behind.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
