Heart-rending Definition

härtrendiŋ
heartrending
adjective
Causing much grief or mental anguish.
Webster's New World

Having a strong effect upon the emotions, inclining one to sadness or pity; heart-breaking.

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Heart-rending Sentence Examples

  • It was a heart-rending thought.

  • It was heart-rending to see her that way.

  • Anyone who went to sea in merchant ships between 1939 and 1945 will find this volume at once exhilarating and yet heart-rending.

  • Other heart-rending events have involved children's long hair being caught in pool water pump inlets, which have also led to drowning.

  • I was constantly told amazing - and often heart-rending - personal stories about the tsunami.

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HHEHEA

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GNGING

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