sinking heart

English

Noun

sinking heart (plural sinking hearts)

  1. (figurative) A feeling of intense sadness.
    • 1898, Mrs. Georgie Sheldon, His Heart's Queen‎[1], G. W. Dillingham Company, page 127:
      "Yes, that was the date set for the ceremony," Vane Cameron responded, with a sinking heart, as he bent a pitying look upon the young and terribly stricken husband.
    • 2024, Natalie C. Parker, Three Sides of a Heart, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
      Louisa looked from Everett’s apologetic smile to her mother’s satisfied expression to Juliet’s smirk and realized with a sinking heart that things were, in fact, quite settled.

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