1606 J. Reynolds sig. F2v Sorrowes ship, still at an anchor rides,..Whole stormes of sighes, against that ship is sent, Vntill her heart-worne, tacklings all are rent.
1786 J. Parkes in tr. J. Parkes et al. 215 With heart-worn anguish press'd a weeping train.
1904 R. Hunter (1905) i. 65 The fear and dread of want possessed them,..they were isolated, heart-worn, and weary.
2002 (Nexis) 5 July 4 Part joker, part heartworn romantic.