heart-rending
Britishadjective
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That's a shame, as they contain some gems – not least All Alone, the heart-rending story of a young single mother whose life "never goes the way she may have wanted it to".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
That leaves IVF patients with the heart-rending decision of when to stop trying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Since the early 1990s, Gilmour’s frequent lyrical collaborator has been wife Polly Sampson, whose sensitivity and topicality often reveals a heart-rending reality that’s never heavy-handed.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
Del Toro won that Academy Award in 2023 for his heart-rending, World War II-set “Pinocchio,” co-directed with the late Mark Gustafson.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
A peculiar and heart-rending gasp of final sorrow came from the Laughing Man.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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