noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tug at sb's heart/heartstrings
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The sight of the puppies in the cages tugged at the women's hearts.
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Charity had felt something tug at her heart the moment she had first seen this cove.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Charlie Harris was a shrewd street-seller whose appearance and demeanour tugged at the heartstrings of the compassionate.
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It pulls at the heartstrings of every agent out there to see a young lady or anyone jeopardized by these conditions.
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She felt he was drawing his bow across her heartstrings .
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That night the little creature did not stop crying and its pitiful little squeak tore at Aggie's heartstrings .
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They always go for the heartstrings , don't they.