Examples of heartache in a Sentence
I've had more than my share of heartaches in my life.
the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war
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The lesson of history, in fact, is that the club have almost always ended up selling the players with whom the fans had the strongest emotional attachment, causing much heartache in the process.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Three hours of heartache can’t erase six months of unbridled passion and unmitigated joy.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
McDonald has experienced some heartache thanks to the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
Baum introduced his book to young readers as ‘a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out’.
—Hazel Gaynor
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Three hours of heartache can’t erase six months of unbridled passion and unmitigated joy.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
McDonald has experienced some heartache thanks to the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
Baum introduced his book to young readers as ‘a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out’.
—Hazel Gaynor
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartache. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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heartache
noun
heart·ache
ˈhärt-ˌāk 
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