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as in sad
feeling unhappiness
not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be
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as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died
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Recent Examples of heartbroken
Peyton Elizabeth Lee plays a heartbroken teen playwright attending a small town's seasonal fall festival when she and others are attacked by a very angry orange squash.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
The second best city for heartbroken people to recover in is London, United Kingdom, with a composite score of 59.01.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The rap legend admitted to being heartbroken about not getting the opportunity to headline the show in his hometown.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
The polar bear who finally manages to catch a seal might understand death just as well as the heartbroken monkey mother who hangs on to her baby’s corpse, even though the former thinks of it as a gain rather than a loss.
—Susana Monsó, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
The second best city for heartbroken people to recover in is London, United Kingdom, with a composite score of 59.01.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The rap legend admitted to being heartbroken about not getting the opportunity to headline the show in his hometown.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
The polar bear who finally manages to catch a seal might understand death just as well as the heartbroken monkey mother who hangs on to her baby’s corpse, even though the former thinks of it as a gain rather than a loss.
—Susana Monsó, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbroken
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Maybe not the question to ask a Canadian, but could sad smoke breaks bring America together today?Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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On a night that's traditionally associated with mischief, the sad reality is that some people take things too far.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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Instead of simply telling CEOs that employees are unhappy, provide hard evidence that points to why.Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pickford grew up in a quiet, unhappy house near Richmond Park, in southwest London.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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That undoubtedly contributes to the mournful feeling that has enveloped Númenor, which is still dealing with the death of King Tar-Palantir and the fallout of Mount Doom’s eruption, including Míriel’s loss of sight.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Soon a mournful blue light would rise over the islands in the sea.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The funeral banner features a typical mix of Lebanese faces, making up three generations of a Shiite Muslim family that lived for decades in this predominantly Christian area north of Beirut.Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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The concrete there takes, to me, a much more miserable, oppressive tone.Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
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One positive in Green Bay’s miserable offensive performance was the play of running back Josh Jacobs, who finished with 95 yards on 13 carries.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Megan Fox is pregnant and expecting a very emo baby with her on-and-off beau Machine Gun Kelly (or, sorry, mgk).Justin Curto, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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There isn't a part of me that wants anyone to feel sorry for me.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbroken. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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