Examples of heartbroken in a Sentence
not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be
was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died
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Neighbors said they were heartbroken to hear about the incident.
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
The younger brother of a man shot celebrating his birthday in the Bronx witnessed the slaying and was wounded by the gunman too, the siblings’ heartbroken mother revealed Monday.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
The aunt dies, and heartbroken Lord Marlowe decamps for America.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Sanchez turned 18 last month and his family is heartbroken to lose him, Anay Sanchez wrote in a GoFundMe post organized for funeral expenses.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
The younger brother of a man shot celebrating his birthday in the Bronx witnessed the slaying and was wounded by the gunman too, the siblings’ heartbroken mother revealed Monday.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
The aunt dies, and heartbroken Lord Marlowe decamps for America.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Sanchez turned 18 last month and his family is heartbroken to lose him, Anay Sanchez wrote in a GoFundMe post organized for funeral expenses.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbroken. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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