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[ hahrt-ren-ching ] / ˈhɑrt ˈrɛn tʃɪŋ /
adjectivecausing or involving great sadness or distress; heartbreaking: The accounts of their persecution are heart-wrenching. Origin of heart-wrenchingFirst recorded in 1835–40; heart + wrench + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM heart-wrenchingheart-wrench·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby heart-wrenchingheartwarming, heart-water, heart-whole, heartwood, heartworm, heart-wrenching, hearty, heat, heat barrier, heat capacity, heat content Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for heart-wrenchingDickens was a master of heart-wrenching pathos because he felt every pain as he wrote. How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Minors are some of the most heart-wrenching cases of police shootings. Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST And throughout her interview, Maynard stresses the importance of her family during this heart-wrenching time. The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death|Samantha Allen|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST And I really wanted to make him be the best father in the world, to make that a really heart-wrenching moment. The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’|Kevin Fallon|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The powerful images served as a heart-wrenching reminder of borderless humanity and the reach of social media. The Man Syria’s Jihadists Want Dead|Patrick Hilsman|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yes, of course, Frank and I were having this heart-wrenching discussion about the right thing to do. Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Meanwhile, I was too choked up after the last heart-wrenching scene to get up and make a speech. The Mind Digger|Winston Marks Timmy was heart-wrenching enough by himself, but I've had to watch the change in you in the past few months. The Short Life|Francis Donovan He had had enough heart-wrenching to bear as it was without that. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land|Ralph Connor
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