heartbreak

Example Sentences

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You can get your country heartbreak on with Ella Langley, Bailey Zimmerman and Cody Johnson, and then rock out with Counting Crows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Instead, McIlroy suffered heartbreak after heartbreak and didn’t take home another major for 11 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“This time, I wasn’t 17 years old, going through my first heartbreak, crying at the piano and a song just flies out. I had to sharpen my songwriting skills and my singing skills,” Rodrigo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Everyone loves it,but I like to think it takes a special kind of heartbreak to really call the song your own.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy