Examples of heartache in a Sentence
I've had more than my share of heartaches in my life.
the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
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Following a few beats of lighthearted small talk, Clarkson told the couple, who were French but visiting from their home in London, not to concern themselves with the heartache of the music about to follow.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
The group — which has thousands of members and has notched an impressive number of legislative victories on the local and state level — seeks to harness the grief and anger of survivors of crash victims to ensure that other families aren’t forced to endure their heartache.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
This kind of marital embedding involves a whole lotta acting, as Elizabeth Lo’s compelling documentary reveals, but also uncovers a whole world of loneliness, heartache and occasional wisdom.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Yeah, no Colleen Hoover story comes without trauma or heartache.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
The group — which has thousands of members and has notched an impressive number of legislative victories on the local and state level — seeks to harness the grief and anger of survivors of crash victims to ensure that other families aren’t forced to endure their heartache.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
This kind of marital embedding involves a whole lotta acting, as Elizabeth Lo’s compelling documentary reveals, but also uncovers a whole world of loneliness, heartache and occasional wisdom.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Yeah, no Colleen Hoover story comes without trauma or heartache.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartache. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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heartache
noun
heart·ache
ˈhärt-ˌāk 
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