How to Use heartbreaker in a Sentence

heartbreaker

noun

• The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
• The Chargers dropped a heartbreaker in overtime to the Chiefs, 23-20.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2020
• Man, what a heartbreaker for a Colts team that had turned on the jets this season.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2021
• Well, this is the first real heartbreaker of the summer.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 June 2021
• Set against the Chechen war, this novel is a heartbreaker.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 Apr. 2023
• The Coyotes won for just the second time since that April 7 heartbreaker.
  — Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2021
• What may seem like simple differences can lead to a heartbreaker by the end of the game.
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
• The Bruins coughed up a heartbreaker against Fresno State, and there’s no time to lick their wounds.
  — J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• One of those three defeats was last year's 20-19 heartbreaker at home to the Crimson Tide.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• Hot tools: While this may be a heartbreaker, straightening your hair is not a part of the Curly Girl Method.
  — Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2022
• Giants coach Brian Daboll: Fought hard in the fourth quarter but lost a heartbreaker to the Vikings on a 61-yard field goal.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• In fact, who could fail to notice these two heartbreakers?
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• The song is about a heartbreaker of a conman who moves in high social circles.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• Tri-West lost a 37-35 heartbreaker to Plainfield on a last-second field goal.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2020
• The Leopards lost a heartbreaker at Spanish Fort last week.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2020
• The Huskies, with six future major-leaguers on the team, lost a heartbreaker to Oregon.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2022
• The final one, from Harris, was a heartbreaker as the running back was nine yards away from the end zone with minutes left and the Pats down by one point.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
• Taylor North dropped a heartbreaker to Hawaii 2-0 Wednesday night in Williamsport.
  — Brett Crossley, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
• The run didn’t come to an end until the 2A South region finals against Patuxent, where Glenelg lost a heartbreaker 1-0.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• There are 35 to 40 cabins on the lake now, each one a heartbreaker to Joyce, who's wistful about the days of bountiful wildlife and few people.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
• Mentor, which has been plagued by injuries, lost a heartbreaker in Week 6 when Brunswick won on a Hail Mary pass.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
• The following season, the Padres lost a heartbreaker in a tiebreaker game to the Colorado Rockies.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• When Mickelson lost that heartbreaker at Winged Foot 14 years ago, the winning score was five over par.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020
• Windermere Prep lost a heartbreaker, with Holy Names (19-5) scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to win the 3A state title.
  — Steve Gorches, orlandosentinel.com, 21 May 2021
• And yet here’s the novel itself, and it’s a mellow, marzipan-hued ’70s-era heartbreaker.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• The Eagles lost a heartbreaker to the Indians Monday night.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2021
• And after enduring a walk-off heartbreaker and Thursday bashing, a short break might not be the worst thing.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Justin Abit is a debonair drag king and a show-stopping heartbreaker with some sizable swagger under his belt.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• Instead, Wisconsin lost a third heartbreaker in the Rose Bowl to Oregon, 45-38.
  — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2020
• Add Saturday night’s 8-6 heartbreaker in Pittsburgh to the list.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024