heartbroken
adjective
crushed with sorrow or grief.
heartbrokenly
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a word derived from
heartbroken.
Example Sentences
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There on the carpeted counter, between the rifles, she sobbed heartbrokenly.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins
Nina writes heartbrokenly; Johnnie was very dear to her; sorrow seems to have brought out all that is best in her.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
It was a foolish step, my coming here to see you," Miss Cooper complained heartbrokenly; "it places me in a bitterly cruel position.
From The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk
"Grant—GRANT!" she cried heartbrokenly after him, and sank down on the porch-steps with her face hidden in her arms.
From Good Indian by B. M. Bower
The little girl's mother, sitting behind the stove, cried heartbrokenly.
From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Eleanor Gates
