heart-wrenching

adjective

: very sad
a heart-wrenching story

Examples of heart-wrenching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Way back around the time Red came out in 2012, Swifties started to notice Taylor had a tendency to place a consistently heart-wrenching song in the fifth spot on an album. Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025 To commemorate Vaughn’s life, Chris Janson, 39, performed a heart-wrenching new original song dedicated to the life and times of the late executive. Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 But a heart-wrenching 2016 case report of a boy in Oregon detailed the horrors of what the disease can look like. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025 This would be heart-wrenching news for Blackmon, who suffered the same injury in the 2024 season. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heart-wrenching

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Heart-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-wrenching. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!