Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence
The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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The New York Knicks lost a heartbreaker to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The last time Tampa hosted the Final Four in 2019, the Huskies lost a five-point heartbreaker to rival Notre Dame after leading at halftime, the second in what would become a four-year streak of semifinal losses.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
His reference to Drake’s Take Care signals an openness to emotional depth, evoking the vulnerability that made Drizzy’s 2011 album a staple for lovers and heartbreakers alike.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
As a heartbreaker, Dreams is flat and entirely affectless.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The last time Tampa hosted the Final Four in 2019, the Huskies lost a five-point heartbreaker to rival Notre Dame after leading at halftime, the second in what would become a four-year streak of semifinal losses.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
His reference to Drake’s Take Care signals an openness to emotional depth, evoking the vulnerability that made Drizzy’s 2011 album a staple for lovers and heartbreakers alike.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
As a heartbreaker, Dreams is flat and entirely affectless.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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