How to Use heartbreak in a Sentence

heartbreak

noun
  • 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
  • Many roads end in heartbreak, but some paths lead to true love.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 Cougars’ 3-0 start aside, Pullman has been the site of heartbreak for many Beavers on the current roster.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That subplot may end in heartbreak, yet none of it is downplayed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In the song, Cyrus sings about finding self-love after heartbreak.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
  • But then, in a blink, Williams was introduced to the heartbreak that has come with the rivalry.
    Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Has the ratio of heartbreak to hope tilted in your novels?
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In the clip, Wallen gave Drake advice after an apparent heartbreak as the two go out on the town.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Lindy is all in and doesn't want to open herself up to potential heartbreak if Miguel isn't in this for the long haul.
    Clara Berghaus, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • In reality, for many of us, our path to love is messy, dirty, and full of heartbreak.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But the Boca Ciega Bay live-aboards were hit with heartbreak.
    Olivia George, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • When the story of the 2024 Ohio State season is written, the hope is that the heartbreak in Eugene is viewed as a turning point rather than an ominous setback.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024

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