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• s  causing or marked by grief or anguish
  the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter

• Hatch declared the process "heartrending" because of what he called a lack of outreach.
• Long before Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Interpreter of Maladies, long before Monica Ali won thousands of devoted readers with her heartrending Brick Lane, another .
• Acts of startling psychological cruelty mix with moments of heartrending warmth; banal marital problems dovetail with shocking hints of incest.

• grievous
• heartbreaking

News & Articles

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• In Case You Forgot How Amazing Fathers Are, Watch This (VIDEO)
  We can’t celebrate Father’s Day without the ceremonial viewing of a heartrending video that reminds you of why fatherhood is a sacred duty.
  June 16, 2013 - Takepart.com via Yahoo! News
• Sawatzky’s New Book Follows One Woman’s Journey of Self-Identity and Healing
  “Lily Of The Valley” tells heartrending tale of loss, romance and second chances. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/DorotheaSawatzky/LilyOfTheValley/prweb10830035.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran Times
  The heartrending tragedy was in fact a declaration of war on humanity and a mark of lasting disgrace and shame for the organizations claiming to be advocates of human rights and the campaign against terrorism,Ahmadinejad said in a statement...
• Pervez Musharraf in Daily Times
  Recording his impression in the Visitors Book, President Musharraf said, "The stories of the worst inhuman genocide here in Srebrenica are indeed heartrending. The heart of the Pakistani people beats in unison with the survivors of this great...
• Shirley Ann Jackson in Troy Record
  On behalf of the entire Rensselaer community, I extend my deepest sympathies to all who have been affected by today's heartrending events at Virginia Tech,Jackson said. "Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims who lost...