How to Use heartache in a Sentence

heartache

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  • Hijinks and heartache ensue, but it all ends with the sweetness of a brown M&M.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Simply put: Home shoppers should expect more heartache—not relief.
    — Fortune, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The past two seasons have ended in heartache for Emma Egan and her teammates.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022
  • There was so much violence and disruption and heartache and crying, that felt like a very honest moment for her.
    — Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 June 2024
  • For the rest of us, Riley’s triumphs and pitfalls will inspire many emotions, from delight to heartache.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
  • One night about a decade later, Blakley, who had recently left her husband, was expressing her heartache.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Home is where the heartache is for the Cardinals (10-3) and their Red Sea fans this season.
    — Dana Scott, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2021
  • But as 2022 approaches, Pawtucket is taking major steps to try to move past the heartache.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • While heartache is the overarching theme, the album’s scope is deceptively ambitious.
    — Mike Wass, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Georgia has a chance to heal those wounds — and, really, 41 years of heartache — in Indianapolis on Monday night.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Castro’s debut feature deals with heartache and vulnerability but also shimmers with joy and genuine insight.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Sixty games worth of work, occasional heartache and growing pains has helped the Celtics into one of the top defensive teams in the NBA.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Further improvements would help narrow down evacuation areas, saving an incredible amount of time, money, and heartache.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2024
  • No family should have to endure this type of heartache over the holidays, so please keep officer Holley's family and the entire community in your prayers.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Family members of all three inmates who spoke with cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer previously said questions left unanswered by the county added to their heartache.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
  • That was where the heartache was waiting for the home team.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024
  • Amill Principe and his wife know the meaning of heartache.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But the last two years the Lancers have known mostly heartache.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This has been a week of heartache for many of us in the Vogue office.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The only way to go is through, and sometimes that means a lot of heartache and love and loss.
    — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The Biden family has faced more than its share of heartache over the years.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • And here is the most popular girl, singing about their heartache.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • If there’s an upside to tabloid headlines and heartache, Madix seems to have found it.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For all parties involved, the love for The Love Album feels more like heartache.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Like any good country artist, Peck writes about heartache.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 2 June 2022
  • To steal a line from Johnny Cash, just around that corner was heartache.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • There's love, laughter, heartache and so much more to enjoy.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • And so, in 1937, in the midst of his heartache, Johnny went back to Budapest for a visit.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The same home movies of Christmas morning, the same longing glances across the bar, the same nostalgia, the same heartache.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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