"I am quite sure," she said, with a kind of heartrending cheerfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Clique of Gold] Reference
The appearance of some of the ladies is heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Her screams were heartrending, but he didn't intervene. From Wordnik.com. [Stieg Larsson Witnessed Brutal Rape As A Teenager, Incident Fuelled His Bestselling Novels] Reference
Does prayer drive away anguish and heartrending memories?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It is in this district that the loss of life has been heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
A heartrending story written in heartrending style, compassionate and pinpoint accurate as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Poor Kalli's lamentations were quite heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian A Memoir] Reference
Ms. U PIL-YEO: (Through translator) It's heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Islanders Aim For Normalcy In North Korea's Shadow] Reference
Your September 11 issue was both beautiful and heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: September 11 Remembered] Reference
There was a heartrending cry, and then a torrent of swift French. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Some of the scenes witnessed here were heartrending in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
It will involve in the aggregate consequences appalling and heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
He had an attractive young daughter, who met with a most heartrending end. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
At 6 p.m., on September 11, 2001, Wright began that heartrending operation. From Wordnik.com. [Watching From Afar] Reference
The young wife uttered a heartrending cry, and fell senseless on Serge's body. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He gave a little wink which he thought sly, but which was in reality heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The poor children cry bitterly and bid a heartrending farewell to their little home. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
The scene was heartrending, and Grifone judged that he might give the finishing stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
As he neared, sounds of strife, mingled with heartrending shrieks, broke upon his ears. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
All that time the people stood helpless on the bank and heard those heartrending sounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Mr. Traill add, "I was haunted for months by the remembrance of that heartrending sight.". From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
M. Kangourou translates to them, softening as much as possible, my heartrending decision. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The influence on the women was dreadful, and in many cases their appeals were heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
It was a heartrending picture of sorrow and despair, and Mr. Murray could not witness it unmoved. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
The most heartrending feature of the situation was the pitiable terror of the women and children. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
What would be as immediate experience altogether heartrending, for example the torturing remorse of. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
These cries, and many like them -- wild, heartrending, and full of fear -- were heard on all sides. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines] Reference
This was most heartrending, coming from a man I loved better than any one in the world excepting my wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
You could not credit how heartrending was the Councillor's description of the moment when he first saw Antonia. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
Although I'm not happy about it? in fact, I find it absolutely heartrending, but honestly, don't get me started?. From Wordnik.com. [I used to hold back the tears. Now I cry all the time] Reference
At that moment she was in her bedroom, packing a trunk, making a pile of her effects -- a heartrending occupation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The cries of the children were so heartrending that the officers could not endure it, and made haste out of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
I laugh, "he continued with singular acrimony," in order not to weep, for I am arriving at the most heartrending part. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A running to and fro; a heartrending, whimpering cry from one of the women; and groans and curses farther up the street. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Tolstoy was active in his attempts to relieve the sick and starving in the year 1891, when the condition of the people was heartrending. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
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