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as in sad
feeling unhappiness not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be

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Recent Examples of heartbroken Julius Randle said news of the horrific shooting that left at least two people dead and 17 others injured at a church in his team's home city left him heartbroken. Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Viewer Reactions The June 25 TikTok video, which reached over 243,400 views, left people heartbroken and confused that someone would do this to an animal. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 Family left heartbroken with Woods' loss Karen Dehoniesto said Woods' death brings her to tears with every thought. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Aug. 2025 Advertisement Your heartbroken friend might want to rant and rave, cry, reminisce, sit in silence—or all of the above. Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartbroken
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Adjective
  • But now, the King and the royal family have received very sad news that will change things going forward.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Shooting scenes in wide or medium shots that sometimes break into Hsiao-Lee’s harrowing point-of-view, cinematographer Yu Jing-Pin depicts a world without much color or hope, while sets by Huang Mei-Ching and Tu Shuo-Feng emphasize a sad and impoverished existence.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Both Ways on Netflix The Lovebirds In the 2020 adventure comedy The Lovebirds, Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani play an unhappy couple on the brink of splitting up.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But surveys have also shown many reservists are unhappy with the cabinet's plans, some openly accusing the government of lacking a cohesive strategy, a post-war plan for Gaza or a clear benchmark for victory.
    Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Similarly, the discreetly mournful compositions of Giorgio Matteo and Aki Oliviero’s score hover politely on the periphery of the (in)action, careful not to intrude.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His narration is a constant pleasure — mournful, wry, and suffused with a world-weary poetry.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Unemployment has stayed relatively low in part because of dampened demand for workers as well as a depressed supply (people aging out of the workforce as well as reductions in immigrant workers).
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her family is raising money to cover funeral expenses.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Following the boy’s death, donors raised about $30,000 in a GoFundMe campaign launched to help with funeral expenses.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • These behaviors create miserable workplace cultures that lead to a big retention and employee engagement problem.
    Ellen Whitlock Baker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the Broncos will look to confuse him with multiple looks and make the Titans one dimensional to make his life miserable.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The website clarifies that Kith Ivy will host an Erewhon Tonic Bar (sorry, not the full grocery store) for members.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Your chance is now 25 out of 292 million, which is still, sorry to say, infinitesimal.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbroken. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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