Example Sentences

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Robert Louis Stevenson had a unique ability to capture young imaginations while touching on adult hopes and heartaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

McIlroy's win is both the most significant achievement of his 18-year professional career and the culmination of a journey that has forced him to rebound from a series of major championship heartaches.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

“Sun House” is Duncan’s seventh book, an epic tale spanning the lives, heartaches and triumphs of a menagerie of characters committed to building a loving community in contemporary America.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

“This is an intriguing novel filled with surprises, thrills, triumphs, and the heartaches of a family connected through time and circumstance.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

“Father says I must tell you everything, but the inside story of the life of the leper in a poor and sadly abandoned leper colony is too full of heartaches, misery, and want,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly