How to Use heartstring in a Sentence

heartstring

noun
Definition of heartstringnext
  • But the trend doesn’t pluck at the heartstrings of all.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018
  • Man, my heartstrings have been pulled so many times in the last week.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The most viral tweets are the ones that tug on our heartstrings.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But the stuff that tugs at the heartstrings is what could make these devices stick.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Their heartstrings are tied to this building in a big way.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 July 2017
  • Walsh has never been much of a singer, at least in terms of a singer who grabs you by the heartstrings.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 11 June 2017
  • The movie not just pulls, but drags your heartstrings and makes a hurricane of your tears.
    — Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Country songs are known for pulling at the heartstrings, and these songs are among the most emotional in the genre.
    — Lee Brice, Southern Living, 6 July 2017
  • Witnessing the birth tugged at the heartstrings of the slaughterhouse owner—and not for the first time.
    — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Then there's the premiere of Alexa & Katie, a series about two best friends that'll tug at your heartstrings.
    — Brianna Wiest, Teen Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018
  • And if that doesn't reel you in, Ian Ross' score is a surefire heartstring-tugger.
    — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • How the movie ending will tug on your heartstrings Is 'Hit Man' based on a true story?
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
  • Come on, even Jeep admitted that the episode tugged at their heartstrings!
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 7 Feb. 2018
  • But beyond that, the plot of each episode will reel audiences in and tug at their heartstrings.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 9 Nov. 2018
  • And dammit, the producers are grabbing hold of our heartstrings right away.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Emma and Sam aren't the only ones whose romance pulls on our heartstrings in this episode, though.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Which is why this new line of candles is tugging at our heartstrings.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 22 Sep. 2016
  • Their relationship and its travails are the heartstrings of the book.
    — Stephanie Danler, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • But these films grab hold of the heartstrings from the very beginning and never stop tugging.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2017
  • Get ready for the first blockbuster of the summer that will certainly tug at your heartstrings.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 6 Feb. 2019
  • For many of those on Twitter, the loving gesture tugged at their heartstrings.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The crooner’s gentle ballads were warm enough to melt the ice caps and the audience’s heartstrings.
    — Jordan Diaz, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Plus for a bonus, watch the music video complete with touching home-videos that will pull at your heartstrings.
    — Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But the story strains far too hard for laughs while never managing to tug at the heartstrings.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2017
  • This simple story will tug at their heartstrings just enough to usher in a wave of relief at the end.
    — Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In Onward, Pixar has once again produced a marvelous movie with tons of laughs that tugs at your heartstrings.
    — Nina Huang, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Two famous babies met for the first time in a historic photo that's pulling on the heartstrings of thousands of people across the web.
    — Scott Berson, miamiherald, 6 June 2018
  • As the violin strings are softly plucked, so are our heartstrings.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 14 June 2024
  • While the pop culture collectibles tug on the heartstrings, Woodall points out that these didn’t really take off until the 1950s.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Reacting to the lengthy and heartfelt tribute, Jackman revealed that Reynolds’ words had tugged at his heartstrings.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024

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