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heart-rending
adjective
- causing great mental pain and sorrow
Derived Forms
- 藞丑别补谤迟-藢谤别苍诲颈苍驳濒测, adverb
Example Sentences
One of the most heart-rending moments of series four was when it was revealed that Watts's mum had died of cancer when he was just a child.
A pivot comes midway, opening final rooms of colorful acrylic portraits, with four heart-rending drawings of Isherwood鈥檚 last weeks of life.
I鈥檒l lean toward four docs that the Directors Guild nominated 鈥 鈥淒aughters,鈥 鈥淧orcelain War,鈥 鈥淪oundtrack to a Coup d鈥橢tat鈥 and 鈥淪ugarcane鈥 鈥 and then add my favorite, the heart-rending 鈥淣o Other Land,鈥 a look at the devastating costs of displacement in the southern West Bank.
"We have some heart-rending stories from families of people with disabilities, who feel that when they don't have cash accepted, it is robbing them of their self-esteem," he said.
Since the early 1990s, Gilmour鈥檚 frequent lyrical collaborator has been wife Polly Sampson, whose sensitivity and topicality often reveals a heart-rending reality that鈥檚 never heavy-handed.
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