heart-sickening

I had before experienced sensations of horror; and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.

Chapter 8 2010

I had before experienced sensations of horror; and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.

Chapter 7 2010

It now seemed so obvious, everything falling into place with a heart-sickening clunk.

The Demon Queen Richard Lewis 2008

It now seemed so obvious, everything falling into place with a heart-sickening clunk.

The Demon Queen Richard Lewis 2008

It now seemed so obvious, everything falling into place with a heart-sickening clunk.

The Demon Queen Richard Lewis 2008

I had before experienced sensations of horror; and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I had before experienced sensations of horror; and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I had before experienced sensations of horror; and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I will not even allude to the many heart-sickening atrocities which I authentically heard of; — nor would I have mentioned the above revolting details, had I not met with several people, so blinded by the constitutional gaiety of the negro as to speak of slavery as a tolerable evil.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

And thus we settled down in the spot which was to be the burial place of so many of our party — which was fated to be the scene of so much intense suffering, and of such heart-sickening hope deferred.

Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York 2003