Examples of heartbreaker in a Sentence
The team's most recent loss was a real heartbreaker.
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The Bobcats then lost a heartbreaker to Boston College to end their hopes of repeating as champs.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Last year’s squad fell 49-45 in a regional final heartbreaker to Plano East.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
Written by Danielle Hoover and David Monahan, from a story conceived with Jessica Elbaum, Goodbye Girl follows Jess (Shipka), who’s a professional heartbreaker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, Hamnet‘s Jessie Buckley nabbed actress of the year for her performance in Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker, while Timothée Chalamet took home the lead actor prize for Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Last year’s squad fell 49-45 in a regional final heartbreaker to Plano East.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
Written by Danielle Hoover and David Monahan, from a story conceived with Jessica Elbaum, Goodbye Girl follows Jess (Shipka), who’s a professional heartbreaker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, Hamnet‘s Jessie Buckley nabbed actress of the year for her performance in Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker, while Timothée Chalamet took home the lead actor prize for Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Heartbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbreaker. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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