How to Use matters/affairs of the heart in a Sentence
matters/affairs of the heart
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Here Didion once again takes dead aim at matters of the heart.
—Nr Staff, National Review, 23 Dec. 2021
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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
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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
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If there was physical danger, sure, but this is affairs of the heart.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
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For 10 long years, affairs of state took precedence over affairs of the heart.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
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One, from the 18th century, takes a rather dour view of matters of the heart.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
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Pay attention to your intuition around all matters of the heart now.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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However, matters of the heart are never too far from the surface.
—Mike Wass, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
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This is your time to shine, especially with matters of the heart and, of course, your wallet.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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As with most matters of the heart, the answer is complicated.
—Shayla Love, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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In the matter of catfish, as in matters of the heart, the questions are as important as the answers.
—al, 27 Dec. 2022
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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
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The novel’s characters are convinced that her arrival, complete with a reading of tarot cards, will resolve all matters of the heart.
—Elizabeth Toohey, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
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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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Dealing with matters of the heart can be difficult, especially when money is involved.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 Aug. 2022
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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
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Talk it out Like with most matters of the heart, sharing your financial goals and concerns — rather than bottling them up — will benefit you in the long run.
—Eliza Dumais, refinery29.com, 6 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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The two travel together, investigating matters of the heart and parsing the sacred from the profane.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2021
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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
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Like many matters of the heart, completely cutting off contact with someone you were once madly infatuated with is easier said than done.
—Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 24 July 2023
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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
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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
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Why leave affairs of the heart to anything as notoriously unreliable as primal emotion?
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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