How to Use heartthrob in a Sentence

heartthrob

noun
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  • Cuffe looks the part of a heartthrob hero, but the pacing is slow.
    — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In the mid-2000s, the Jonas Brothers became some of the biggest teen heartthrobs of the decade.
    — John Russell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The singer/heartthrob wore pearl earrings, a sheer blouse, and high heels.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
  • The question is: Who was your favorite heartthrob of the year?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The then-19 -year-old later agreed to dine with the heartthrob, with her father along.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Keep scrolling for proof from your fave celeb heartthrobs.
    — Yoora Kim, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Maybe the ex babysits so mama can have a date night with her butch heartthrob.
    — Lily Burana, Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Want more deets on the heartthrob who's all over the internet?
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022
  • So what does his wife think of his new status as a heartthrob?
    — Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Both tracks feel to be very much in the Colombian heartthrob’s wheelhouse.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022
  • John Stamos was, of course, the heartthrob on set, although none of us kids thought of him that way.
    — Andrea Barber, Good Housekeeping, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Shane West is looking back on his days as a teen heartthrob.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Move over, Archie Andrews — there’s a new heartthrob in town.
    — Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018
  • Even in a strip club, the hip-hop heartthrob is distracted, lost in his own thoughts.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But who will win the youthful heartthrob battle to come?
    — GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Oh yeah, and in case any of you forgot, Donny was a total teenage heartthrob back in the '70s.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2019
  • His heartthrob status continued to steal scenes – and, in this case, dates to the school dance.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Davy Jones, former 1960s heartthrob and singer for The Monkees, died.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Take a look through these fashion-defining looks from the heartthrob.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But will the Too Hot to Handle heartthrob treat the real estate icon right?
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That one starred heartthrob Tyrone Power, in a harsh change of pace.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • But perhaps most exciting of all is the fact that ER heartthrob Noah Wyle has just been cast in the show.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 July 2018
  • To help restart the streetcar, the once teenage heartthrob and fan of Cincinnati's urban core, put pen to paper.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020
  • And, of course, Noah Centineo shines as heartthrob Jamey in the movie, though no one is surprised by that.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Ben is also on the football team, and pretty much sleeps with the entire school and is the heartthrob of McKinley.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 24 May 2020
  • Perhaps something both camps can agree on is that Bravo is the heartthrob of the moment.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Robinson is ideal parts heartthrob and geek in the title role.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The heartthrob of Bengals football, the hero of Cincinnati: Joe Burrow.
    — Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer, 8 July 2022
  • Hundreds of fans waited hours Tuesday, in the cold and rain, for a moment with the bachata heartthrob.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The last sundial was placed was in 2008, for Latin music heartthrob José José.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021

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