heaviness of heart
Example Sentences
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At whatever address they happen to be, dozens of Chinese refugee students will get letters from home this week, and each will bring a heaviness of heart and a torment of fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps he knew in his secret soul that this heaviness of heart followed its opening to the imperious knock of Doubt.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
I see a journey, trouble, and misfortune, grief, sorrow, heavy loss, and heaviness of heart.
From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
With a sadness and heaviness of heart he had never before experienced, George set out on his return home, where he arrived just in time to receive his dying father's blessing.
From The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
When she awoke, the bright-hued dome of the tent was aglow in the morning sun; the reflected radiance bathed her face and form; her heaviness of heart had taken wings.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
