broken heart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broken heart
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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"You can't move. You're like a prisoner and you didn't do anything wrong," she told AFP, saying that the woman for whom she cared would "have a broken heart."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The broadcaster Amplify Dot and singer Terri Walker simply posted broken heart emojis.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Because, aside from when you’re the teen in question, it almost always looks ridiculous when a kid is just an overemotional, theatrical mess of a broken heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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