heart-wrenching

Example Sentences

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News of the dingoes' euthanisation was "heart-wrenching", he told Australian media, adding however that he recognised it may be necessary for safety because of the pack's behaviour.

From Barron's

Time and again, Ann’s hope is met with heart-wrenching pain, and to hear Seyfried’s angelic voice laced with her character’s despair is quite unlike anything I have ever experienced watching a film, musical or otherwise.

From Salon

Alzheimer’s, like many progressive diseases, is, by turns, heart-wrenching, demoralizing and draining.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It has quite a bit of sentimental value to me, so yes it is heart-wrenching," he said.

From BBC

And the biggest, most heart-wrenching question of all: If the long-lost Lumleys were alive and well, then where, oh where, had they been all these years?

From Literature