How to Use heart in a Sentence
heart
noun- He has a bad heart.
- When she heard the news, her heart filled with joy.
- He put his hand on his heart.
- She just couldn't find it in her heart to forgive them.
- I could feel my heart pounding.
- Have a heart! Can't you see he needs help?
- I felt in my heart that our relationship was never meant to be.
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But West took the queen … and three hearts and the ace of clubs.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
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When the case crossed John Feinblatt’s desk, his heart sank.
—Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
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At least in my mind, that spirit is in my mind and in my heart.
—Nila Do Simon, ELLE, 10 June 2023
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But a lot of these people, this is their heart and soul.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
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Soon, the sound of his heart pounded through the speakers at 145 beats per minute.
—Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
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You’re born with that type of heart and patience and you’re drawn towards the work.
—Kia Turner, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
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Hers is a voice of the ages—one which pierces heart and soul—and embodies the spirit of the show.
—Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
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In the meantime, she’s released a project with Ladd that is dear to both of their hearts.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
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That moment was about how the people in your life speak to your heart.
—John Benson, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
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These people, the elites know in their hearts, will never learn.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
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Imagine the color, shape and size of your heart when your pet was alive, and then paint it or draw it.
—Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
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This wasn’t a music of minds — or even hearts — so much as nerve endings.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
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And then there were a bunch of tweens and teens gathered in front of the screen who were just bopping around and singing their hearts out.
—Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
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From a Bronx dance floor in August 1973, hip hop was born: a union of rhyme, beat, and beating heart.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
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The highest trump are the queens, starting with the queen of clubs, then queen of spades, queen of hearts and queen of diamonds.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
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The suspect then stabbed him three times, with the knife piercing his heart, Kenny said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
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My heart is with her family abroad and those still here in New York.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
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My chest feels tight as my heart pumps against the elevation, though some of this sensation may simply be awe.
—Alexandra Oliva june 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
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Far from the flashiest player on the pitch, Ream is a gritty, never-say die player who puts his entire heart and soul into a game.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Cariif died at the scene and an autopsy later determined the gunshot struck his heart, lung and aorta.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
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To soothe is not to heal a wound, a heart, a bone.
—Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
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Defeats, as the watching Arsene Wenger mused, leave a scar on your heart.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
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Jelly fans keeping an eye on sugar, take heart.
—Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 31 May 2026
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