Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence
The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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Win any one of these games, and the Mets would be in Los Angeles right now playing a playoff series against the Dodgers.
April 27: Nationals 8, Mets 7
The Mets had already lost one heartbreaker in Washington two days prior, when C.J. Abrams scored the winning run from first on a James Wood single.
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
But the Democratic leadership right now — that’s a heartbreaker.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
His Jayhawks had just lost a heartbreaker to Cincinnati 37-34 inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Baltimore suffered a heartbreaker to the Bills in the AFC Divisional Round last season, coming up short of returning to the AFC Championship game for the second straight year.
—Richard Pereira, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
But the Democratic leadership right now — that’s a heartbreaker.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
His Jayhawks had just lost a heartbreaker to Cincinnati 37-34 inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Baltimore suffered a heartbreaker to the Bills in the AFC Divisional Round last season, coming up short of returning to the AFC Championship game for the second straight year.
—Richard Pereira, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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