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Then, as suddenly as if some unseen hand had struck it out of his, the revolver dropped to the ground, and he collapsed, sobbing heartbrokenly, into the Judge's arms.

From The Wishing Moon by Dutton, Louise Elizabeth

There on the carpeted counter, between the rifles, she sobbed heartbrokenly.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

A few minutes later she was kneeling beside Debby, where she still lay sobbing heartbrokenly.

From Anxious Audrey by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

But Pollyanna, too, was obdurate, though so sweetly and heartbrokenly obdurate that Jimmy, in spite of his pain and anger, felt almost like turning comforter.

From Pollyanna Grows Up by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

In an instant Gail had slipped her arms around her, and had drawn the brown head down on her shoulder, where for a moment the child sobbed heartbrokenly.

From At the Little Brown House by Brown, Ruth Alberta