How to Use heartbreaking in a Sentence

heartbreaking

adjective
  • She wrote a heartbreaking story about the death of her grandfather.
  • It was heartbreaking to know that there was nothing I could do.
  • The team suffered another heartbreaking defeat.
  • And that’s a heartbreaking loss for our team.
    — Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Now this kid is not alive, that's heartbreaking.
    — Steve Pickett, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • This would’ve been a heartbreaking loss in any month against any team.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • This is the most heartbreaking part, like, what do these boys do now?
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 May 2025
  • This comes at a heartbreaking cost.
    — Laura Yuen, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Again, all of it is heartbreaking.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Those scenes were just so heartbreaking.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • The fact that the bill was needed in the first place is heartbreaking.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This feels scary and heartbreaking.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that there's no one standing next to me is heartbreaking.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • So to learn about the fires last month was beyond heartbreaking.
    — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • This is one of the hardest and most heartbreaking truths about fast growth.
    — Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But a heartbreaking defeat thanks to two own goals?
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • To me, that’s the most heartbreaking thing about the modern age.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
  • On top of that, there’s climate change, which for me is the most heartbreaking.
    — Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But the sound that pours from this ragged body is as pure and as heartbreaking as a sunrise.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 June 2018
  • But that isn't even the most heartbreaking part about her look at the end of season 3.
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2019
  • Every scene between the two of them is more heartbreaking than the last.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • And just to sit there without more to comfort her was heartbreaking.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 28 May 2026
  • She can be heard crying offscreen in one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the film.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Back to Link’s heartbreaking call to Jo.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Her team took to social media to share the heartbreaking news.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 31 July 2023
  • The heat and moisture can cause the same damage, which would just be heartbreaking.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The Notebook is very, very sweet and heartbreaking and stuff.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The Notebook is very, very sweet and heartbreaking and stuff.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • But then there's episode 2, which has one of the most heartbreaking parts of the whole series.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Like, this is heartbreak -- this is heartbreaking.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026

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