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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 The family is heartbroken, a woman who identified herself as Gunner’s aunt said on Facebook. Sam Gillette, People.com, 5 June 2025 But the death of Ariana, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder left the family completely heartbroken, including Bella. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 His heartbroken family and friends request privacy at this time, and encourage anyone who is struggling with depression to seek help. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025 Bustos feels heartbroken that her 17-year-old daughter couldn’t finish high school in the U.S. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartbroken
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Adjective
  • To some, this may sound bizarre, laughable, or even just plain sad.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
  • Banks: There’s a reason why the theater [symbol] is a happy face/sad face.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 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
  • Additionally, the more fiscally conservative Senate is increasingly unhappy with the cost of the bill, which is estimated to add $3.1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Four of its main characters are in unhappy marriages and cheating on their spouses, which is sometimes awkwardly played for laughs.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • For that reason, the show would have always been the curator’s natural point of entry even without this year’s mournful context.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 12 June 2025
  • For May 1966’s expansive Pet Sounds, Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher created a song cycle documenting a passage from youthful innocence to mournful adulthood that the composer contrasted with delicately sophisticated yet openhearted orchestrations.
    Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • What would Georgia wear in her most depressed state?
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 16 June 2025
  • That can put them on edge and heighten their separation anxiety, Langan said, and if their owners are depressed or grief-stricken about loss and uncertainty, the animals absorb those emotions too.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bright red ribbons decorate the trees and signposts of northwest suburban Niles in anticipation of a funeral procession and service today to honor Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer, who was killed last week while battling a suspicious garage fire in the Austin neighborhood.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The funeral Mass for Pope Francis was attended by many world leaders including President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The day started again, but a second voice joined the miserable monologue, pushing me to plant beets instead of flowers.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 8 June 2025
  • The win vaulted Miami from sixth to third in MLS standings and felt like a turning point— not just a singular game, but a season statement after a miserable May.
    Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
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  • Plus, sorry to the folks who aspire to that Jane Austen type of love, but life doesn't always work out that way, okay?
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 June 2025
  • With Los Angeles production levels in a sorry state, underemployed workers are flocking to a format that’s faster, shorter, cheaper and quite literally overturns film and TV norms.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025

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“Heartbroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartbroken. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.

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