heart-struck
Example Sentences
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As you may have gathered, “Whales” sometimes lays on the heart-struck whimsy as thickly as a Frank Capra movie.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
"Fool!" said the sophist, in an under-tone Gruff with contempt; which a death-nighing moan From Lycius answer'd, as heart-struck and lost, He sank supine beside the aching ghost.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
None but the fool, who labours to out-jest His heart-struck injuries.
From King Lear by Shakespeare, William
He has heard Senta's exclamation, witnessed her strange condition, and affected by it differently from all the others cries, heart-struck, "Senta, Senta, are you determined to destroy me?"
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Pleasure, heart-struck at the death of Adonais, has abrogated her own nature, and has become blinded with tears; her eyes can therefore serve no longer to guide her steps.
From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
