as in sorrow
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
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Recent Examples of heartache
Think real stakes, real-time decisions, and real-time heartache.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025
Grossman, 62, channeled her emotions into textile and thread, creating a coverlet to express her heartache, agony and anger.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
Residents, friends and classmates attended the vigil, expressing their disbelief and heartache over London’s death.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
His heartache over Samia and resentment toward the CIA has coalesced within him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025
Grossman, 62, channeled her emotions into textile and thread, creating a coverlet to express her heartache, agony and anger.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
Residents, friends and classmates attended the vigil, expressing their disbelief and heartache over London’s death.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
His heartache over Samia and resentment toward the CIA has coalesced within him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
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And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.—
Janet Shamlian,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Physically active grief travel Grief inevitably brings up a swirl of thoughts and emotions.—
Leslie Hsu Oh,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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Grief expert and author David Kessler says that grief must be witnessed, and The Dinner Party premise is about witnessing grief by bringing grievers together in community.—
Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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What was supposed to be a championship chase has instead turned into heartbreak.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The heartbreak and breakup that follows ends up being only table-setting for the film’s latter half.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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