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broken heart

American  

noun

  1. devastating sorrow, especially from disappointment in love; heartbreak.

    When you're young, you think you'll never recover from a broken heart.

Etymology

Origin of broken heart

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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Not to make light of any teen’s emotional injury, but will dating sites now be held liable for broken hearts?

From The Wall Street Journal

Dating meant broken hearts and bad tempers and vengeful dreams.

From Literature

"We have come here with broken hearts and confused minds, with so many questions. Why death in the bloom of youth, and why like this?" said the priest.

From Barron's

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

But the celebratory atmosphere masks a broken heart, as Bad Bunny is reminded of the ex who taught him to dance.

From BBC

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