heart-rending
Britishadjective
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That leaves IVF patients with the heart-rending decision of when to stop trying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
One of the most heart-rending moments of series four was when it was revealed that Watts's mum had died of cancer when he was just a child.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025
"We have some heart-rending stories from families of people with disabilities, who feel that when they don't have cash accepted, it is robbing them of their self-esteem," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
Later, she would sob huge, sloppy, heart-rending tears asking why her parents wouldn’t come get her — had they forgotten her?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Elizabeth’s heart-rending eloquence failed to move the judges from their settled conviction in the criminality of the saintly sufferer.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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