heartache
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Our good times were too short and the heartache wasn’t worth it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Play-off heartache in their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup was followed by the Scots roaring their way to Euro 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Teddy Thompson possesses one of those voices, a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy — though not in excess; he’s English — and caverns of heartache.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
I forget every single thing in the world, every heartache, every tear, every pain as I watch that performance.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
"Mo" marks the first time American audiences get an honest glimpse into the life of a Palestinian American family living in Houston, complete with all laughs, heartaches, struggles and joys that it entails.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2022
Several of the current England squad have experienced those semi-final heartaches but Bronze hopes they can use that to their advantage.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2022
If you multiply by zero, you still get zero, and a thousand heartaches.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing heartache
Vocabulary from Langston Hughes's "Jazz as Communication"
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