With A Heavy Heart - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 with a heavy heart From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwith a heavy heartwith a heavy heartliterarySAD/UNHAPPY feeling very sad  It was with a heavy heart that Kate said goodbye. → heavyExamples from the Corpuswith a heavy heart• Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart.• I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart.• Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart.• She made her way to the cells with a heavy heart.• Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers, then with a heavy heart she gathered them up.• Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart, to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.• Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.• She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever see her sister again. Exercises Exercises

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