heartache

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Recent Examples of heartache Think real stakes, real-time decisions, and real-time heartache. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025 Grossman, 62, channeled her emotions into textile and thread, creating a coverlet to express her heartache, agony and anger. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025 Residents, friends and classmates attended the vigil, expressing their disbelief and heartache over London’s death. Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025 His heartache over Samia and resentment toward the CIA has coalesced within him. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heartache
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartache
Noun
  • And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.
    Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Although some in the media distort the anger directed at Rowling from trans activists, trans people, and allies, the truth is those feelings — not just anger, but betrayal and grief — are justified.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The film tells the story of a tech entrepreneur (Vincent Cassel) grappling with memory and grief.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What was supposed to be a championship chase has instead turned into heartbreak.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The heartbreak and breakup that follows ends up being only table-setting for the film’s latter half.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Heartache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartache. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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