heartbreaking

Example Sentences

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A teacher described the decision as "truly heartbreaking" and said his smartphone was confiscated on Wednesday, before being returned with a warning not to carry it again.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Watching egocentrism augment in real time, on a mass scale, is as heartbreaking and destabilizing as death itself.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

We know they’ll get their man, but it will take some time, and more than a few hilarious and heartbreaking misfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She too had found the video "heartbreaking", saying "it is, without question, a disturbing and tragic thing to see. People are rightly asking questions about how the situation was handled".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

He says my sudden shyness was one of the most heartbreaking symptoms of being separated from us for so long.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi