heartbreak

Example Sentences

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Arsenal are fresh from Champions League final heartbreak but there is no time to wallow.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Liam and Enda leave by choice—Liam for India as a Jesuit missionary and Enda for America with her fiddle—though leaving is a heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

From the snotty ’80s synth music of “Sing Street” to the acoustic heartbreak of “Begin Again,” Carney loves to hear how a rough idea evolves into a polished track.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Mostly it was just me, chronicling heartbreak the only way I knew how.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi