How to Use heart-wrenching in a Sentence
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Becky asks in one of the film’s most heart-wrenching moments.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
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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
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Two Chihuahuas were left in a pink cage with a heart-wrenching note.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
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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
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For Manuel Ramirez, those storms have left him in a heart-wrenching position.
—Maddie Carr, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
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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
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Olympic skier Bode Miller has a heart-wrenching reason for going on the show.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
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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
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Horrific and heart-wrenching photos from the scene were shown to the jury early in the trial.
—Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 30 May 2024
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Mr Stone’s discovery kick-started one of the most heart-wrenching puzzles in the world of horse racing.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Over the days and weeks to come there will be tireless — and warranted — analysis of who is to blame for this heart-wrenching loss.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 9 July 2025
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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
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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
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In a heart-wrenching goodbye, Vassos let runner-up Guy go.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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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
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Eerie streets in New York and overwhelmed hospitals in Milan came as heart-wrenching scenes.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
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Anyone who has seen footage knows just how heart-wrenching the situation was.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When a woman named Caitlin shared a heart-wrenching dilemma on Tiktok, her followers came through for her.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
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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
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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
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And then, Charlie Edwards gives such a heart-wrenching performance.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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