heartrending

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Yet how heartrending was the thought that this noble woman, so dearly and so purely loved, would prove one of the most mournful victims of the catastrophe!

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  1. Overpowering with anguish; deeply afflictive; very distressing.

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  • These farewells are in themselves heartrending, and just when I would have liked to be forgotten I received the tenderest expressions of affection, as if to increase the pain of parting. —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • And our dear Father!—it is heartrending, but how can we repine since Our Lord Himself was looked upon “as one struck by God and afflicted”? —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • And so the department began to gear up for a long spell of defensive maneuvering, knowing exactly what kind of heartrending twaddle would be coming from the brave and fearless foot soldiers of the fifth estate. —  DarklyDreamingDexter
  • Coming Soon to the Main Stream Media outlet near you - The visuals will be heartrending, the stage management will be transparent, the moonbats will eat it up! —  Breath of the Beast
  • The human toll of an economic downturn is heartrending, and layoffs affect remaining staff for a long time and on many levels.
 

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