heartrending

The case of Nick, although sore enough in its way, was not so heartrending as that of Kate.

I rolled about on the ground, uttering the most heartrending cries.

The scenes on the decks of the sinking liner were heartrending.

Now and again he let himself be caught by the heartrending accents of his wife.

The next morning there came a heartrending letter from Aunt Ju.

He lifted his face, swept them with a heartrending glance, and finished.

Sir Arthur uttered a heartrending cry and fell back in a faint.

Some of the scenes witnessed here were heartrending in the extreme.

It is in this district that the loss of life has been heartrending.

His countenance bore the indications of heartrending sorrow.