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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Public Theater Else Went’s epic elegy to the great loves and losses of high school captured a certain moment — the precarious turn of the millennium — and a certain kind of teenage terror and heartache with precision and compassion.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
The Union High School Bears, undefeated and hungry for a state championship, have become powerful representations of resilience in the face of heartache and chaos.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
In contrast, a chatbot’s devotion can be dialed back or rebooted with a slider, eliminating heartache and any authentic uncertainty.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
Her lyrics are heavy on angst and heartache and her voice is commanding.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
The Union High School Bears, undefeated and hungry for a state championship, have become powerful representations of resilience in the face of heartache and chaos.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
In contrast, a chatbot’s devotion can be dialed back or rebooted with a slider, eliminating heartache and any authentic uncertainty.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
Her lyrics are heavy on angst and heartache and her voice is commanding.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartache. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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heartache
noun
heart·ache
ˈhärt-ˌāk 
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