How to Use heartbreak in a Sentence

heartbreak

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  • I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death.
  • He recently suffered a string of romantic heartbreaks.
  • But the humor is right next to the heart and the heartbreak.
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • The heartbreak of war and the split between North and South lingers.
    — Brittani Samuel, ELLE, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There’s some kind of loss and that is the heartbreak of the whole series.
    — Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The dream season ends in heartbreak for the Horned Frogs.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And, so, our heartbreak does feel good in a place like that.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The week was full of other mishaps on top of heartbreak.
    — Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The Hawkeyes looked super tight, and that, my friends, is a recipe for a March heartbreak.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Many roads end in heartbreak, but some paths lead to true love.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The song captures a form of heartbreak no parent should have to face: the loss of a child.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of pain, a lot of heartbreak, a lot of suffering.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • And as with many breakups, the longer the relationship, the deeper the heartbreak.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There is a range of harms and heartbreak alleged in the filings.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a child.
    — Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The heartbreak and the love because she's seen as the Serpent Queen and this villain.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The evoking lyrics to this melancholic tune sing of a heartbreak.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 2 July 2022
  • The Chiefs fans thought the playoff heartbreaks would end with Mahomes and Reid.
    — Mark Ross, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • One of the things Stewart and Grimes bonded over was the heartbreak of losing a child.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • And this time, for Kimball, there’d be no more heartbreak.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • For Marist Catholic girls soccer, the end of the season had become a time of heartbreak.
    — oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean the heartbreaks she’s experienced in the past don’t still sting.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But, in true Peanuts fashion, there's heartbreak mixed in with all the candy hearts and DIY notes.
    — Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    — NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This Cougars’ 3-0 start aside, Pullman has been the site of heartbreak for many Beavers on the current roster.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The queen of the best heartbreak album of 2024, Rosie, is now also the star of the year’s most romantic campaign.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
  • That subplot may end in heartbreak, yet none of it is downplayed.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Teddy Swims is ready to show what life after heartbreak looks like.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Despite the heartbreak, stories of kindness and resilience emerged.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

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