heart-wrenching

adjective

: very sad

a heart-wrenching story

Examples of heart-wrenching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are heart-wrenching reports of people trying to dig survivors out of the rubble with their hands, with dozens of children suffering amputations because they could not be reached in time. — Mark Weisbrot, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026

Food & Dining Editor Monti Carlo shares the secrets of honey pie and her heart-wrenching personal connection to the dish. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 16 July 2026

In this heart-wrenching blend of British and Irish cinema, Ansell plays a young boy named Charlie. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026

Tangles is first and foremost the stuff of life, the stuff of many lives, especially people living through it personally with their families and who likely will shed a tear or two at this tender, heart-wrenching treatment of the effects of a very cruel disease on those closest to us. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for heart-wrenching

• entrenching
• clenching
• drenching
• quenching
• trenching
• wrenching