How to Use heartache in a Sentence

heartache

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  • I've had more than my share of heartaches in my life.
  • The pain, the heartache, the love — keep writing it down.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Every heartache and bump in the road brought me to the man of my dreams.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • That was where the heartache was waiting for the home team.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
  • There was strain, there was heartache, but in the end, fun and joy.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Amill Principe and his wife know the meaning of heartache.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But the last two years the Lancers have known mostly heartache.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This has been a week of heartache for many of us in the Vogue office.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For Cougars fans, that stretch has not just been 12 years of heartache.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Some of the Russian Dolls shared the heartache of their childhoods.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
  • The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But from a life standpoint, a year that caused so much pain and heartache to the world.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Nobody missed a shot to end the game for a crushing heartache.
    — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Many years ago, someone in my life caused me a lot of heartache.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • By the end of the first night, her dog would be dead and she would be left with heartache and questions.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 7 July 2021
  • Then came the back-to-back collapses and more heartache.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
  • The only way to go is through, and sometimes that means a lot of heartache and love and loss.
    — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But these deaths can still cause them a lifetime of heartache.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The Biden family has faced more than its share of heartache over the years.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • And again this is where the law is intertwined with heartache and tragedy.
    — Clare Hymes, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • To see her again on the big screen is to weep with her, with heartache and gratitude.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
  • And here is the most popular girl, singing about their heartache.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Everything in that song is true: the betrayals, the heartaches, the pain.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 26 July 2024
  • Off of Strait's album Right or Wrong, the tune tells quite the tale of heartache, and boy does Lively bring that to life.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Hijinks and heartache ensue, but it all ends with the sweetness of a brown M&M.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • If there’s an upside to tabloid headlines and heartache, Madix seems to have found it.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For all parties involved, the love for The Love Album feels more like heartache.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Home is where the heartache is for the Cardinals (10-3) and their Red Sea fans this season.
    — Dana Scott, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Juno’s honesty and her backward love story with the adorably nerdy Paulie (Michael Cera) remind us of the true meaning of being cool and that heartache can resolve itself into a tender, resilient future.
    — Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Kapadia’s film alights on moments of connection and heartache, hope and disappointment.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024

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