How to Use matters/affairs of the heart in a Sentence

matters/affairs of the heart

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  • For María, matters of the heart are less open and simple.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2022
  • My view was, this was no one's business in the end — at least in matters of the heart.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • One, from the 18th century, takes a rather dour view of matters of the heart.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Here Didion once again takes dead aim at matters of the heart.
    — Nr Staff, National Review, 23 Dec. 2021
  • For 10 long years, affairs of state took precedence over affairs of the heart.
    — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Swift was a moralist in matters of the heart, and once someone broke her trust all bets were off.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Despite the pall, Ukrainians have found ways to preserve affairs of the heart amid the clatter of war.
    — Jeff Stein, Samantha Schmidt and Kostiantyn Khudov, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In the matter of catfish, as in matters of the heart, the questions are as important as the answers.
    — al, 27 Dec. 2022
  • If there was physical danger, sure, but this is affairs of the heart.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • Was that difficult being so open about matters of the heart?
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As with most matters of the heart, the answer is complicated.
    — Shayla Love, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But matters of the heart take a backseat as a raging wildfire bears down on the town and its residents.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • They’re being tugged, like all of us, between matters of the heart and the bureaucratic maze.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • However, matters of the heart are never too far from the surface.
    — Mike Wass, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Love and hip-hop are such a perfect match because the genre emphasizes lyricism in its descriptions of affairs of the heart.
    — Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 12 June 2022
  • But matters of the heart are anything but transactional.
    — Dr. Gary McClain, TIME, 15 July 2024
  • Tools and hardware become symbols for the things that are pragmatic and logical, as opposed to the matters of the heart that don’t answer to reason.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Here's what two astrologers had to say about how much the stars can be trusted in matters of the heart — and, whether pop-astrology is taking a nuanced enough approach.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In conversation, Song comes across as an openhearted philosopher, happy to talk matters of the heart and the mind and grateful to have come out of the filmmaking gate with such a surge.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • His film—which begins the day after Thanksgiving with a wife finding a love note written by her husband for someone else—is a comedic odyssey through affairs of the heart.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Well, a younger sister, who is a bit more of a free spirit but still sad, reeling from a broken engagement, a dalliance while married and other affairs of the heart.
    — Jon Bream Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Still, Zihan’s training in matters of the heart as well as matter of the blade runs counter to Zijie’s natural instincts toward honesty.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • Both of these now-graying troubadours struck a resounding chord, whether contemplating intimate matters of the heart, life at large, or the beleaguered state of the world around them.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The two travel together, investigating matters of the heart and parsing the sacred from the profane.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • When regarding matters of the heart, you're drawn to intellectual rapport and witty banter during the first half of June.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
  • The circumstances of the crime, specifically the secrets of the man who ostensibly committed it, bleed into matters of the heart, and of memory.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2021
  • Kempf’s and Balla’s lyrics approach matters of the heart and soul with an unvarnished sincerity that’s sweet, silly, and just serious enough.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
  • But much like our girl Devi, Kitty soon finds herself in a couple tough situations regarding matters of the heart.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 10 June 2023
  • Actors Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones play the respective women who must each face matters of the heart after the love letters are found.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 23 July 2021
  • Unfortunately, not every kid has a parent who is able to communicate on matters of the heart.
    — Sarah Bregel, Parents, 7 June 2024

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