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Recent Examples of heartbreaking Wever, 45, put on a heartbreaking performance as the spouse of a Lumon employee in Severance. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 His brittle mum Heather (a heartbreaking and frustrating Shirley Henderson) is barely holding things together as is, and then John starts, well, acting out? Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 While obviously very different in style and substance, both pictures explore the heartbreaking traumas that can result from an artists selfish dedication to their calling. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Weeks after the news of his son’s death, Milt Stegall shared a heartbreaking post on Father’s Day. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartbreaking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreaking
Adjective
  • This one is trickier and sadder to think about.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Composite image created by Newsweek shows two older people looking worried and a piggy bank with a sad face on its side.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And these are -- these are very tragic circumstances that impact all of us.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Before Experience Hendrix After Hendrix’s tragic death, production of the guitarist’s music was in the hands of his allegedly exploitative manager, Michael Jeffery who died in a mysterious 1973 plane crash.
    Mike Alleyne Ph.D, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The end of that era came slowly, through the pathetic collapse of Syria and Lebanon as functioning states, and then quickly, when Israel began touching Hezbollah in unexpected places.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Want the poop on this pathetic history?
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • His relentless prepackaged positivity — even in the wake of depressing game day results — turned him into something of a punch line.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The depressing effect of the seasonality is somewhat offset by the ‘5’ effect.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Therefore, there are some unfortunate parallels between young Gen Z needing to sacrifice wages due to wavering job opportunities and millennials graduating into the Great Recession.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In today's volatile business climate, layoffs have become an unfortunate reality across industries.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The pitiful screaming of surviving family members can be heard.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As del Toro sees it, Frankenstein’s pitiful creation has been cursed with life, cannot be killed (even bullets don’t stop him) and must face the same existential crisis that confronts us all.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Cutting carbs entirely can raise the risk of cholesterol, kidney stones, poor bone health, gut problems, and even cancer, added Stefanki.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Before Wednesday’s game, people within the organization were optimistic about Helsley putting his tipping problem and overall poor pitching behind him, pointing to a clean inning Monday.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Jeremiah is miserable, has nowhere to live, and is trying to find meaning through meaningless flings.
    Olivia Petter, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Arizona Cardinals and head coach Jonathan Gannon made life miserable for Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young and head coach Dave Canales, from start to finish, Sunday at State Farm Stadium.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Heartbreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreaking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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