Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence
The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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Yes, Golden State ended up losing a heartbreaker for the second game in a row, this time 99-98 to the Sixers.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
With All-Colorado QB Logan Madden slinging the rock in 2022 and ’23, the Mustangs lost a pair of heartbreakers in the 5A semifinals.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
The Kansas Jayhawks were moments from clinching bowl eligibility against Arizona, before losing a heartbreaker in the last minute Saturday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
And then, there are the heartbreakers.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
With All-Colorado QB Logan Madden slinging the rock in 2022 and ’23, the Mustangs lost a pair of heartbreakers in the 5A semifinals.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
The Kansas Jayhawks were moments from clinching bowl eligibility against Arizona, before losing a heartbreaker in the last minute Saturday.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
And then, there are the heartbreakers.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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