broken heart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broken heart
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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I was lucky to get out with only a broken heart, not a broken life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
"Ramadan without the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a very sad feeling, a feeling of having a broken heart," said worshipper Zeyad Mona.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
I conclude not with a joke but with a proverb at the essence of most Jewish jokes: What is as whole as a Jew with a broken heart?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Nahshon Wright of the Chicago Bears also shared a photo of Beam, adding an emoji of a broken heart.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
“My name is on the first leaf. If you can ever write under my name, “I forgive her,” though ever so long after my broken heart is dust pray do it!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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