Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence
The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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This causes Georgia Tech to lose a heartbreaker and the potential to knock off a one seed, something done only one other time in ACC conference tournament history.
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Allison Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Their latest setback, a 21-14 overtime loss to Akron, was a heartbreaker.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Last season, Auriemma and his staff led a team with virtually no depth to the Final Four, where the Huskies lost a heartbreaker to Iowa in the semifinals.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics, Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on TNT: The Celtics just lost a heartbreaker to the Thunder.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Allison Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Their latest setback, a 21-14 overtime loss to Akron, was a heartbreaker.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Last season, Auriemma and his staff led a team with virtually no depth to the Final Four, where the Huskies lost a heartbreaker to Iowa in the semifinals.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics, Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on TNT: The Celtics just lost a heartbreaker to the Thunder.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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