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
But they did not entirely repay me for the heaviness of heart from which I suffered.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
But that was not the departure for London which was soon to bring Judith a great heaviness of heart, and cause many a bitter fit of crying when that she was lying awake o' nights.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
I don't know how I said good-night to them; but I did the best I could, and came home through the moonlight with a great heaviness of heart and feet.
From Phyllis by Johnson, Percy D.
And unless great care is taken this will create confusion and bring discouragement and heaviness of heart.
From The Pursuit of God by Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson)
