HEARTSTRINGS


Meaning of HEARTSTRINGS in English

noun

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

tug at sb's heart/heartstrings

The sight of the puppies in the cages tugged at the women's hearts.

Charity had felt something tug at her heart the moment she had first seen this cove.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Charlie Harris was a shrewd street-seller whose appearance and demeanour tugged at the heartstrings of the compassionate.

It pulls at the heartstrings of every agent out there to see a young lady or anyone jeopardized by these conditions.

She felt he was drawing his bow across her heartstrings .

That night the little creature did not stop crying and its pitiful little squeak tore at Aggie's heartstrings .

They always go for the heartstrings , don't they.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.