heart-wrenching

adjective

: very sad

a heart-wrenching story

Examples of heart-wrenching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet Graham, a four-time Carbonell Award winner, shows another side of Suzanne during a heart-wrenching speech. — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Some of her story, though heart-wrenching in its details, is familiar — her career as an infant-model turned child/young-adult actor was successful but at great cost — but some of it is not. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Just a decade ago, Field’s Emmy nomination for best actress in a limited series/TV movie for her heart-wrenching turn in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures would signal business as usual. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

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

Rhymes for heart-wrenching

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