heart-rending
Example Sentences
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That leaves IVF patients with the heart-rending decision of when to stop trying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
But, again, the fourth episode is just as good — maybe even better — featuring a heart-rending turn from Tremarco as the mom trying to hold it together.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
Later, she would sob huge, sloppy, heart-rending tears asking why her parents wouldn’t come get her — had they forgotten her?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Oversight of what was the UK's largest opencast coalmine has been described as a case of "epic mismanagement" with "heart-rending" impacts for local people.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
A heart-rending moan arose from the shrews in the undergrowth.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
