heartrending
adjective
causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
heartrendingly
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a word derived from
heartrending.
Example Sentences
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Rainiers — a handsome cross between Bing and Van cherries — have pale-yellow cheeks blushed rosy and heartrendingly crisp flesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Brewer's case was so heartrendingly egregious, in fact, that his example became a rallying cry for reform of Nebraska's civil asset forfeiture laws.
From US News ● Aug. 24, 2016
In moments, she feels herself slipping backward into childhood: She eats a prodigious number of ice cream cones and experiences a heartrendingly depicted homesickness after a visit from her parents.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2016
Her final scene with Charlie is heartrendingly poignant, but without sentimentality.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2012
I have to groan heartrendingly in one of them, and it's really hard to get up a good artistic groan, Marilla.
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
