heartbreak

Example Sentences

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“No one could’ve prepared us for the heartbreak we faced 6 weeks after our little miracle was born,” one mother wrote.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Arsenal will now hope to avenge that heartbreak in perfect fashion in Hungary at Puskas Arena.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Images released by a local media outlet showed a woman being evacuated on a stretcher and scenes of heartbreak outside the school, with people crying and hugging each other.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

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

It didn’t seem like a feasible outcome, just some nebulous idea thrown about by people who had never experienced this kind of heartbreak.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro