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The phrase "a broken heart" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe emotional pain or distress caused by love or loss.
Example: "After the breakup, she felt as if she had a broken heart that would never heal."
Alternatives: "emotional pain" or "heartache."
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"Howard said, 'It takes a broken heart to heal a broken heart.' My heart was broken.
A broken heart.
A broken heart and humiliation?
A broken heart, that never mends".
And a broken heart doesn't qualify.
"But not of a broken heart".
A broken heart means someone lost someone very close.
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But this is Puccini in 1904, describing a broken heart.
"She literally died of a broken heart," Brady said.
(Her favourite kind of pain? "A broken heart").
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