as in sorrow
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death
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Recent Examples of heartbreak
Kenna risks heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
And Dacus, with slow-burning lyricism and diary-fragment songwriting, constructs entire emotional geographies connected by faith, heartbreak, memory, and grief.
—Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
After recently signing a lifetime deal with his longtime label home MCA, Vince Gill returns with the first in a series of EPs, while Ella Langley offers up a new heartbreak song that’s also steeped in tribute to the Lone Star State.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Simpson finished with no turnovers and turned his home state’s heartbreak into yet another Heisman-worthy effort.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartbreak
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
And Dacus, with slow-burning lyricism and diary-fragment songwriting, constructs entire emotional geographies connected by faith, heartbreak, memory, and grief.
—Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
After recently signing a lifetime deal with his longtime label home MCA, Vince Gill returns with the first in a series of EPs, while Ella Langley offers up a new heartbreak song that’s also steeped in tribute to the Lone Star State.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Simpson finished with no turnovers and turned his home state’s heartbreak into yet another Heisman-worthy effort.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartbreak
Noun
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Joy, love, and meaningful connections remain possible beyond the sorrow, stigma, and isolation that often accompany a diagnosis.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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This grim reality evokes a sense of sorrow and powerlessness among women in Paina Bujurg.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The shock that images of the destruction provoke—the grief so many have felt—is not an overreaction to the loss of a beloved building.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was what brought him to grief.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Days full of anguish Thousands of miles away from the ICE detention facility in Michigan, Aurelquis Gómez visits her nephew Noah often.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Director Josh Boone will cut to a goofy montage right after a moment when a character is supposed to be mired in anguish.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Heartbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbreak. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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