Definitions

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  • adjective Shocked; dismayed.

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  • adjective shocked; dismayed

Etymologies

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heart +‎ stricken

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Examples

  • When her father learned of it, he wrote a letter to her heartstricken mother: I was sometime expecting it and yet it grieves me more the more I think of it.

    Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

  • When her father learned of it, he wrote a letter to her heartstricken mother: I was sometime expecting it and yet it grieves me more the more I think of it.

    Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

  • And he lied again about the reason for attacking Iraq in 1991â€hardly to defend the integrity of Kuwait can one imagine Bush heartstricken over Iraq’s taking of Kuwait?

    Think Progress » Murtha Raises Alarm Over Study Group, Warns ‘Kissinger Came Out With The Same Type of Thing’ 2006

  • It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • The eyes tire of the sickening scene, and the mind turns from this revolting field of blood, and we return heartstricken to our camp.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • I gave her a little memento from her husband, and left the poor heartstricken, crushed spirit.

    A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

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