How to Use heartbreak in a Sentence

heartbreak

noun
  • I understand the heartbreak you must feel over your grandmother's death.
  • He recently suffered a string of romantic heartbreaks.
  • But the humor is right next to the heart and the heartbreak.
    Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • There’s some kind of loss and that is the heartbreak of the whole series.
    Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • A lot of pain, a lot of heartbreak, a lot of suffering.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • And as with many breakups, the longer the relationship, the deeper the heartbreak.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • And this time, for Kimball, there’d be no more heartbreak.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean the heartbreaks she’s experienced in the past don’t still sting.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • This Cougars’ 3-0 start aside, Pullman has been the site of heartbreak for many Beavers on the current roster.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That subplot may end in heartbreak, yet none of it is downplayed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In the clip, Wallen gave Drake advice after an apparent heartbreak as the two go out on the town.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes, heartbreak also feels good in a place like this (your couch).
    James Grebey, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There was the time, mid heartbreak, when a friend and I lay in the park and read Letters to a Young Poet aloud, cover to cover.
    Carola Lovering, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There’s also a heck of a lot of heartbreak, as the two singers assess the fallout of a busted romance.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The drama and the energy and the passion of that heartbreak in that moment were so real.
    Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 21 June 2023
  • Not to mention a heartbreak playlist unhip enough to reach back and tap Bonnie Raitt and Neil Young for vibes.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The track explores a summer love affair that ends in heartbreak.
    Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 23 June 2023
  • Late heartbreak is what the Tre Kronor, who haven’t won a major title since the 1984 Euros, are used to.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • As Laura faces her heartbreak, a monster comes out of her closet and the pair spark a romance akin to Beauty and the Beast.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • However, there’s one easy way to avoid the heartbreak of having to check your bag overseas.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But the ride in Goodyear ended unlike any other, in horror and heartbreak.
    The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
  • There's a lot of heartbreak and joy and disappointment.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2023
  • There was no heartbreak in those affairs; no one promised anything.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Kelly took the stage for a moving performance of the song, which Taylor has said talks about the time after heartbreak.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Indeed, Caillat’s debut country album Along the Way is one that comes on the heels of heartbreak.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Troye Sivan isn’t letting heartbreak stop him from feeling free.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The situation was not one of heartbreak…at least not the romantic kind.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Amidst so much loss and heartbreak, music offers both reflection and respite from a world on fire.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Years later, the sound of a familiar voice can spirit us back to a tumultuous time of teen angst and heartbreaks.
    Vulture, 3 Apr. 2023

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