heartbroken
adjective
crushed with sorrow or grief.
heartbrokenly
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a word derived from
heartbroken.
Example Sentences
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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
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 Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
"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
"Then I am no nearer winning this dear hand than I was at Fareham House?" he said heartbrokenly, for he had built high hopes upon her kindness and willing companionship in that Arcadian valley.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
