How do you use Heartbreaking in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like grievous or heartrending, plus the exact meaning.
Heartbreaking in a sentence
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Heartbreaking meaning
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
Synonyms of Heartbreaking
Using Heartbreaking
- The main meaning on this page is: That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- Useful related words include: grievous, heartrending, sorrowful.
- In the example corpus, heartbreaking often appears in combinations such as: the heartbreaking, is heartbreaking, was heartbreaking.
Context around Heartbreaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heartbreaking
- In this selection, "heartbreaking" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pretty, beautiful, cancer, health and cries stand out and add context to how "heartbreaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as heartbreaking as it and a heartbreaking reality is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heartbreaking" sits close to words such as accra, azerbaijan and brisbane, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heartbreaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And creator portrayed that in the most heartbreaking way. (9 words)
And it was heartbreaking on so many levels," Arrington said. (10 words)
Anthony and Gabriel's families are now forever linked by heartbreaking tragedies. (12 words)
A heartbreaking reality is setting in for people who have lost their homes to wildfires in the Shuswap region of B.C. Countless fled to cities and towns across the country to find refuge with family. (36 words)
And it felt like a kind of beautiful, heartbreaking arc to see, really the crumbling of this already fractured relationship, culminating in her actually not showing up to the biggest event of his life thus far. (36 words)
At the beginning of the week, Jonnie left fans devastated as he shared a heartbreaking update as he explained he was taking his young son to nursery for the last time amid his terminal cancer battle. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
BBC Countryfile star in last-minute wedding after heartbreaking cancer diagnosis Adam and his wife Charlie already had two children together but after going through the heartbreaking health battle decided to tie the knot.
I have a small daughter who's nine years old, and it's just so heartbreaking, (Cries) so heartbreaking that they have to do this.
It is to the shame of our world, that 2024 has brought far too many heartbreaking statistics and far too many stories of heartbreaking human misery.
You have to win two of these games at least, and so losing to Carencro last week was pretty heartbreaking, but it was also heartbreaking knowing it makes these two games even more pivotal.
After an agonising three nights with vets, the family took the heartbreaking decision to put their beloved pet to sleep on August 25.
After four years as the U's head coach, he parted company with the club a few weeks after their heartbreaking loss at Exeter.
A heartbreaking reality is setting in for people who have lost their homes to wildfires in the Shuswap region of B.C. Countless fled to cities and towns across the country to find refuge with family.
Allowing someone to tell you their story can be both heartbreaking and the most rewarding experience you will have.
And creator portrayed that in the most heartbreaking way.
And it felt like a kind of beautiful, heartbreaking arc to see, really the crumbling of this already fractured relationship, culminating in her actually not showing up to the biggest event of his life thus far.
And it was heartbreaking on so many levels," Arrington said.
And the amount of heartbreaking stories you’d hear… people who were professors, teachers, with academic degrees who were now out on the street.
And they had to come up with a new name to call him, which I think is probably one of the most heartbreaking things of the whole thing.
And things reached a heartbreaking climax when Evelyn emotionally confessed that Tyrone thinks his mum is dead.
An opportunity to see human interest stories, varying from heartbreaking to downright ridiculous.
Anthony and Gabriel's families are now forever linked by heartbreaking tragedies.
As heartbreaking as it is, not everyone gets their longed-for baby.
As heartbreaking as it was to learn Harry Stone’s fate, it was even more of a gut punch to find out that he apparently lost time with his daughter due to her addiction.
As heartbreaking as this statement is in retrospect, Fualaau seems to be moving on with his life; last year, at age 39, he his third child into the world.
At the beginning of the week, Jonnie left fans devastated as he shared a heartbreaking update as he explained he was taking his young son to nursery for the last time amid his terminal cancer battle.
Common combinations with heartbreaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the heartbreaking 26×
- is heartbreaking 16×
- was heartbreaking 12×
- and heartbreaking 11×
- heartbreaking to 8×
- heartbreaking as 8×
- heartbreaking news 8×
- in heartbreaking 8×
- more heartbreaking 8×
- heartbreaking loss 7×