Definition of heartbroken
: overcome by sorrow
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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
Recent Examples of heartbroken from the Web
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Lourcey, 14, a student at Trinity Valley School, wasn’t heartbroken.
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Randy's heartbroken guardian along with outraged friends and animal lovers.
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May 23, 2017 So heartbroken to hear of the nightmare that came true last night in Manchester.
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JT's headline-making breakup with his fellow ex-Mousekeeter left all double-denim crusaders heartbroken, but the beatboxing-laced track started feeling like more of a diss after its video came out featuring a Brit look-alike.
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Infinite Playlist unfolds after Norah, the film’s music-loving antiheroine played expertly by Kat Dennings (The House Bunny, The 40-Year Old Virgin), ropes heartbroken musician Nick into posing as her boyfriend at a nightclub.
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HEARTBROKEN Defined for English Language Learners
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: filled with great sadness
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: overcome by sorrow … he ran away because he was heartbroken. — Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins
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