How to Use heart-wrenching in a Sentence

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• The plea deal marks a partial end to one of the East Bay’s most heart-wrenching cases.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
• Two Chihuahuas were left in a pink cage with a heart-wrenching note.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
• That is until his wife had one and told him never to make light of these heart-wrenching events again.
  — Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
• Here are some heart-wrenching betrayals, both on the big and small screen, that made quite a huge impact.
  — Jacob Linden, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• Olympic skier Bode Miller has a heart-wrenching reason for going on the show.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
• One of the most heart-wrenching scenes was the Queen, a few days shy of her 94th birthday, sitting alone in the pews due to social distancing.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
• Horrific and heart-wrenching photos from the scene were shown to the jury early in the trial.
  — Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 30 May 2024
• Mr Stone’s discovery kick-started one of the most heart-wrenching puzzles in the world of horse racing.
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
• In the three years since the accident, Williams has had to answer some heart-wrenching questions from her grandsons.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 22 Feb. 2024
• In the three-minute visual, the pair serenades couples on the dance floor, and one of them has a heart-wrenching story that takes centerstage.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 29 Feb. 2024
• In a heart-wrenching goodbye, Vassos let runner-up Guy go.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
• Mary nurses her grief with a perennial mug of whiskey and breaks down crying after one too many in the movie’s most heart-wrenching scene.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
• Eerie streets in New York and overwhelmed hospitals in Milan came as heart-wrenching scenes.
  — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
• Anyone who has seen footage knows just how heart-wrenching the situation was.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
• One of the most heart-wrenching moments came when Cadogan made the decision to shave off her remaining hair.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
• In Israel, heart-wrenching accounts from the survivors of Oct. 7, as well as the relatives of those killed, are aired in the media constantly.
  — Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
• Shortly before Hider made the deal, Paulus wrote a heart-wrenching tribute to Simjee, 22, on the anniversary of his murder.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2023
• To finish it off on a pay-per-view and cut a heart-wrenching emotional promo after is what people like.
  — Jeremy Hanna, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
• When a woman named Caitlin shared a heart-wrenching dilemma on Tiktok, her followers came through for her.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• In a heart-wrenching new video shared to social media this week, Russell calls her grandmother in heaven.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
• In one heart-wrenching scene, Bonnie cries and runs after the vehicle carrying Maya off to New York with her father.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
• And then, Charlie Edwards gives such a heart-wrenching performance.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
• Antonoff co-wrote the record with pop maestro Ryan Beatty, who specializes in these kinds of quietly heart-wrenching ballads.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
• In a heart-wrenching confrontation on a remote cliffside, In-ho reveals his identity and asks Jun-ho to stop his pursuit.
  — Jane Lacroix, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
• When she is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend school, she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision that will determine her and her sister Palak’s (Ananya Shanbhag) fate.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
• When she is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend school, she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision that will determine her and her sister Palak’s (Ananya Shanbhag) fate.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
• The poignant portrayal of the struggles of the woman, the stark caste differences and heart-wrenching deprivation won the film wide critical acclaim.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• The short video, which was shared to the platform on April 18, captured the dachshund's heart-wrenching response to being denied her beloved treat—one that many dogs have come to expect as a rite of passage in the passenger seat.
  — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
• The Last of Us season 2 trailer dropped on March 8, and teased just as many heart-pounding action sequences and heart-wrenching emotional fall-outs amidst the dystopian zombie landscape as the first.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
• Behind the Badge shares memorable stories of dramatic rescues, heart-wrenching losses and awe-inspiring acts of courage by first responders.
  — Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025