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couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine
a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
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Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
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Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Those possibilities become still more heartrending when Allison is allowed out on parole for a day, in scenes that Breslin plays with a wrenching mix of toughness, resignation and despair.
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1621, in the meaning defined above
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“Heartrending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartrending. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.
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heartrending
adjective
heart·rend·ing
ˈhärt-ˌren-diŋ 
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