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Meanings of heartrending in English

Causing or marked by grief or anguish.

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        1
        Here they met a heartrending obstacle in the refusal of the owners.
        The Adventures of Kathlyn
        2
        She clings round the lad: she bids him adieu in heartrending accents.
        The Virginians
        3
        Dona Luisa would weep, touched by the heartrending tales of the messenger.
        The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
        4
        Sir Arthur uttered a heartrending cry and fell back in a faint.
        The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
        5
        Metternich visited the Duke on his deathbed: It was a heartrending sight.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 15
        6
        Overwhelmed, Parker let out a heartrending sob and collapsed into Julie's arms.
        The Good Girls
        7
        The mistress did not wish her daughter to know the heartrending truth.
        Serge Panine — Volume 04
        8
        The transition of this people into the new life is complicated-isheartrending.
        The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) / Includin...
        9
        At the hour when the dressings were changed, the moans were heartrending.
        A fierce radiance: a novel
        10
        It was slow and heartrending, and almost unbelievably irritating under the circumstances.
        Living dead in dallas
        11
        It was a heartrending sight, which sent the onlookers into uncontrollable grief.
        Windjammers and Sea Tramps
        12
        There was a heartrending cry, and then a torrent of swift French:
        The Rose of Old St. Louis
        13
        After witnessing the heartrending scenes of Moscow, he at length reached Mayence.
        Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 184...
        14
        For us it was heartrending to watch the agony of these worlds.
        Star Maker
        15
        That such interference must have been most heartrending every one will admit.
        Phineas Redux
        16
        He lifted his face, swept them with a heartrending glance, and finished.
        Tess of the Storm Country
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