Idiom
broken heart
Meaning
A feeling of grief or loss, especially after a failed romantic relationship.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a broken heart after their breakup.”
“She spent the whole weekend crying over her broken heart after he moved away.”
“Despite the passage of time, he still carried the weight of a broken heart from a love that ended years ago.”
Examples
simple
“He has a broken heart after their breakup.”
contextual
“She spent the whole weekend crying over her broken heart after he moved away.”
complex
“Despite the passage of time, he still carried the weight of a broken heart from a love that ended years ago.”
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