heartbreaking

Example Sentences

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“The prayers, messages, flowers, meals, hugs, and countless acts of kindness have carried us through the most heartbreaking days of our lives,” they said in a note posted Friday on Samantha’s Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Det Con Fran Homer, from the Metropolitan Police's cold case team, said it had been "heartbreaking" to hear how he had felt guilt over what happened, despite not being in any way to blame.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“American Rambler” ends with the story of the Fitzgerald family’s latest tragedy: heartbreaking, harrowing and eloquently told.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

I remember when you received your cancer diagnosis and how heartbreaking that was for you.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Only five weeks later, Captain Robert F. Scott of England reached it, a heartbreaking second-place finish—and then died on the way back to his base.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong