heavy heart

noun

: a great deal of sadness

It is with a heavy heart that I bring you this bad news.

I announced my decision to leave with a heavy heart.

Examples of heavy heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And Ben, Reed’s best friend, is totally transformed into, well, a Thing, with giant, orange boulders for a body, giving him super strength — and a perpetual heavy heart about his seemingly monstrous appearance. —Variety, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024

Mazzanti left the police department several hours after midnight and went home with a heavy heart. —Time, 2 Oct. 2023

Modest Mouse’s members are touring with a heavy heart, having lost drummer Jeremiah Green to cancer last year. —David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023

Owners Matt Filip, Nate Sturdevant and the New Wave Burritos crew wrote that the decision to close the restaurant at 3311 Preston Highway was made with a heavy heart. —Leah Hunter, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2023

My heavy heart had to believe this was indeed a spirit animal, here to say goodbye or to escort Peackoe’s spirit to the next realm. —Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023

This week, Evans competed with a heavy heart. —Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023

Police officer Russell Ward was on the job working at what is now a crime scene but with the same heavy heart as parents everywhere. —David Begnaud, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2023

With a heavy heart, Marlene kills Anna and raises baby Ellie. —Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023