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Bruce Perreault had one of the most heart-wrenching runs of Survivor ever, seeing as how that run really only lasted a few minutes.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Walk the Blue Fields follows a woman on her wedding day being confronted with a heart-wrenching decision as a love triangle from her past threatens to be revealed.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
Family members of Deanta Dorsey, a 16-year-old who died in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in 2023, sat through heart-wrenching 911 calls and graphic autopsy photos inside the Cummings Courthouse in downtown Baltimore Tuesday.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite the low points vividly detailed throughout the chapters, the book is inspiring as well as heart-wrenching.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Walk the Blue Fields follows a woman on her wedding day being confronted with a heart-wrenching decision as a love triangle from her past threatens to be revealed.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
Family members of Deanta Dorsey, a 16-year-old who died in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in 2023, sat through heart-wrenching 911 calls and graphic autopsy photos inside the Cummings Courthouse in downtown Baltimore Tuesday.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite the low points vividly detailed throughout the chapters, the book is inspiring as well as heart-wrenching.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for heart-wrenching
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“Heart-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-wrenching. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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