Preposition: at

• loss: He was my rabbits best friend and now he's heartbroken at the loss of his buddy.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• leave: Two years ago they left the Welsh capital heartbroken following their penalty shoot-out defeat by Birmingham in the play-off final.

Modifies a noun

• daughter: Love you always, heartbroken daughter Shirley, son-in-law John.

• wife: I will always love you, your heartbroken wife, Susan.

• mother: A heartbroken mother whose teenage son was killed in a horrific accident has appealed to young motorists in Bedfordshire to cut their speed.

• sister: Love and miss you always, your heartbroken sister Cathy and brother-in-law Tim. xx.

• granddaughter: Love, heartbroken granddaughter Sue, Frank, Ashleigh and Joseph.

• family: Social services departments, it says, have been " systematically kidnapping young children from heartbroken families for no legal or proper reasons " .

Modifying Another Word

• so: And that's why he was so heartbroken when he discovered the Flying V missing.

• ever: For ever heartbroken daughter Julie. x. Gentle Jesus in Heaven above, Send little Nana all our birthday love.

• absolutely: A military source said: " The major is absolutely heartbroken.

• still: I am still heartbroken tho for my sake and the sake of our family.

• totally: I left that room feeling totally heartbroken but nothing could prepare me for what was in the next room.

• slightly: I'm a slightly heartbroken Mommy at the moment - Ruth doesn't love me.

Infinitive complement

• hear: You may or may not be heartbroken to hear that we do not have time for a full philosophical analysis of that topic today.

• have: Please do not come without a ticket as we will be heartbroken to have to turn you away.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I feel heartbroken at the miserable scenes on the TV reports.

• leave: CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT - Jennifer Aniston was left heartbroken by Vince Vaughn's refusal to get married.

Preposition: by

• death: He was heartbroken by the death of his son the Black Prince.