heartsore

Example Sentences

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The Salvadoran mother of two said she felt her baby grow inside her as the days passed and she settled into a heartsore rhythm, bonding with strangers longing for children, family and home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

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 • Jan. 30, 2021

In most versions of the ballet at least one of the heartsore lovers dies.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2017

So there’s a proleptic shadow on Eve’s lie, something heartsore that points at the brokenness or inadequacy of the world-as-is.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2015

“She won’t miss us. She’s too heartsore over a gift from a fairy.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine