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.
  • That movie is about a man who died of heartbreak.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Medicine is full of heartbreaks.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There’s less heartbreak that way.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Chauque sings the cumbias of old, those of love and heartbreak.
    — Karla Gachet, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Many roads end in heartbreak, but some paths lead to true love.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Maybe so, the toys learn, but the love is worth the heartbreak.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Here's how to deal with the pain and heartbreak that comes with it.
    — Jonathan Carone, Parents, 28 May 2026
  • Here's how to deal with the pain and heartbreak that comes with it.
    — Jonathan Carone, Parents, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The Huskers have fought off those heartbreaks thus far.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There’s been a lot of heartbreak for the past 25 years.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The best way to get over heartbreak is with a killer haircut.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That was the greatest heartbreak of my life.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The latest heartbreak came with a few tweaks to the script.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • These new songs are about heartbreak and getting over that pain.
    — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Glass’s own past is littered with tragedy and heartbreak.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The heartbreak will always have its share.
    — Khushali Jhaveri, STAT, 17 June 2026
  • Their new album is filled with more songs about love and heartbreak.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Home is sometimes where the heartbreak is.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There’s some kind of loss and that is the heartbreak of the whole series.
    — Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But his on-the-field success came with off-the-field heartbreak.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 5 July 2021
  • One of the tried-and-true ways to get over heartbreak is to find a rebound.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s hope for heroics over heartbreak.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There is a range of harms and heartbreak alleged in the filings.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    — NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This world is still going on in a broken way that is full of heartbreak.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Some campaigns end in heartbreak.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a child.
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a child.
    — Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'heartbreak.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: