ˈheartˌbreaking

/ ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ /

adjective

I fall silent—avoiding the heart-breaking reality of what could be an endless conflict.

So the occurrence of the infection in a person exposed to pond water is, although heart-breaking, somewhat logical.

The heart-breaking fact of Syria is that the regime will commit atrocities to avoid defeat.

In another heart-breaking case, a young man called Mohamed Sadiq went missing during the early stages of the Egyptian uprising.

Head buried in the straw pillow, my heart breaking, I sink into deep sleep.

And seeing her grief, his heart breaking with pity, a strange impulse came to Thyrsis.

I remember well one heart-breaking experience of my own in a 4-ton yacht which I was sailing single-handed.

Things, even the heart-breaking small things of my life, were after all slowly changing.

Oh, Mother darling, what a noodle you are not to know that it's the man who does the heart-breaking nowadays!

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