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 Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)