heart-wrenching
Example Sentences
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Through images online, he came to the heart-wrenching realisation that his family's building had been struck.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
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 • Dec. 27, 2025
"It has quite a bit of sentimental value to me, so yes it is heart-wrenching," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
The most heart-wrenching reunion is between two teenage girls and involves a not-quite-murder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
In April 2012, The New York Times published a heart-wrenching essay by Claire Needed Hollander, a middle school English teacher in the New York City public schools.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
