"sinking heart" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1898, Mrs. Georgie Sheldon, His Heart's Queen, G. W. Dillingham Company, page 127:",
          "text": "\"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.",
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          "ref": "2024, Natalie C. Parker, Three Sides of a Heart, HarperCollins, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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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        "A feeling of intense sadness."
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        "(figurative) A feeling of intense sadness."
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          "word": "one's heart sinks"
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