How to Use heart-to-heart in a Sentence

heart-to-heart

1 of 2 adjective
  • Drum up the courage to have a heart-to-heart talk with your boyfriend.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • This is the time to send the email, write the song, or have that overdue heart-to-heart.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Frieder, his wife and young daughter met with the players and had a heart-to-heart.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Have a heart-to-heart with her about what’s really going on.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • So be sure to continuously have these kinds of heart-to-heart talks.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Did all parties sit down together at a cozy coffee shop and have a heart-to-heart?
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The midnight heart-to-heart about how no one cried at her mother’s funeral.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 June 2024
  • The series ends on a rooftop, where Tommy and Tariq share a heart-to-heart.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Biden would need to invite her into the Oval Office for a heart-to-heart.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The good news is, a heart-to-heart could bring healing to a dynamic that’s been tense or uncertain.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The flight, though, does offer some time for Meredith and Webber to have a heart-to-heart.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Drew Barrymore is no stranger to heart-to-heart conversations on her talk show.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Eventually, Darcy showed up for prom and had a heart-to-heart chat with Tara.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Stewart then details how Frakes and Spiner came to his trailer for a heart-to-heart chat.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Eventually, Austin had a heart-to-heart with his own reflection and knew things had to change.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • At one point, Spaeny looked over to see her brother-in-law having a heart-to-heart with Melton’s dad.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • During their deathbed heart-to-heart chat, the doctor and I withdrew discreetly.
    — Raul A. Reyes, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • If you’re already attached, a heart-to-heart conversation can bring you much closer.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Jeremiah and Belly reunite moments before she's supposed to walk down the aisle for a heart-to-heart.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Honest heart-to-heart conversations can help bridge emotional gaps that have lingered too long.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • During Sunday night’s episode, the couple had a heart-to-heart chat that got their relationship back on track.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • As audience proxy, Detective Homer says as much in a late-night heart-to-heart with Plumb.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This could be a fun night out with your siblings or a heart-to-heart conversation with a family member that brings you closer.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Away from the wedding reception, as the waves gently lapped up against the sand, Michael and Burnham had a heart-to-heart.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Unfortch, Araminta has gotten the goods out of Posy after a mostly genuine heart-to-heart.
    — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Cue the cliche mother-daughter heart-to-heart in the third act, which Mullally actually does sell.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Expect a heart-to-heart conversation that changes everything, or a rekindling that reignites the passion.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Coach Rick Dotson said the team had a heart-to-heart meeting after the slow start and began working on the basics.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2023
  • So a heart-to-heart discussion after the season with both parties to figure out what makes most sense for the future is forthcoming.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Sure… The episode races to a close back at Shetty's house, where the Dean returns to have a heart-to-heart with Cate.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023

heart-to-heart

2 of 2 noun
  • None of this means every drop in weight calls for a heart-to-heart.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Up in Ted’s apartment, Ted and Michelle continue their heart-to-heart.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Why is my soul warmed by this heart-to-heart with someone who prompted several falls off several buildings?
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Romance happens through eye contact and heart-to-heart conversations; friends cry in each other’s arms.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sterling Point is so invested in heart-to-heart conversations.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • There are single moms (or parents) out there who can’t have important, heart-to-heart conversations with their partners to split up tasks.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Watch the women gather regularly for hair appointments and heart-to-hearts, sharing triumphs, heartbreaks and plenty of laughs along the way.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • One of the movie’s memorable scenes features Simon having a heart-to-heart with his mother, played by Garner, after coming out.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026
  • Bartee and Williams never got to have a heart-to-heart with him about his struggle with addiction, and Manigan died in 2022 at the age of 55.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • And hey, if the superstar was feeling a little low, what better pick-me-up than karaoke with Chrissie Hynde or a heart-to-heart in the ladies’ with ennui expert Lena Dunham?
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His daughter’s no-nonsense nanny, Malvina (Anna Diaz), side-eyes her bougie employers, while Silvina’s scruffy ex-husband, Ricardes (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), creeps around the gardens, occasionally drawing Camilo into a heart-to-heart.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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