heartsore

Example Sentences

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She has since tried to reset her campaign by committing to protect the rights of everyone to live and love without fear or harassment, describing herself as "heartsore" at the hurt some of her comments have caused.

From BBC

Sonja at 31 is cantankerous, even carnal, rather the opposite of Maria, who plugs along heartsore.

From Los Angeles Times

Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.

From Salon

Unhappy Husband: It is hard to feel sorry for you — the heartsore man who deliberately chose to marry a very nice woman you’ve never loved, because you were so afraid of being hurt.

From Washington Post

If you’re heartsore at the quadruple crisis of the mismanaged pandemic, the resultant financial catastrophe grinding down so many people, the climate chaos dramatically evident in unprecedented fires in the west, hurricanes in the southeast, and melting ice in Greenland and the poles, and the corruption, human rights abuses, and creeping authoritarianism of the current regime, you’re not alone.

From The Guardian