heavy-hearted
Example Sentences
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From feeling heavy-hearted to having butterflies in your stomach, it seems inherent to the human condition that we feel emotions in our bodies, not just in our brains.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Posting on social media, the 31-year-old said he was "very heavy-hearted and apologetic" to bring his fans "disappointing news".
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
Rather, in its voices tinged with sorrow and re-examined history, this expertly tuned film is simply pro-introspection: a heavy-hearted look at an unnecessary death and a cultural superiority long deserving of scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
The Country Music Hall of Famer’s heavy-hearted slow songs, like the accordion-laced “Evangeline,” were as expansive as the sun-baked landscape’s views, winding like the Columbia River behind her.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2019
Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
