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.
  • But West took the queen … and three hearts and the ace of clubs.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • When the case crossed John Feinblatt’s desk, his heart sank.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
  • At least in my mind, that spirit is in my mind and in my heart.
    Nila Do Simon, ELLE, 10 June 2023
  • But a lot of these people, this is their heart and soul.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Soon, the sound of his heart pounded through the speakers at 145 beats per minute.
    Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
  • You’re born with that type of heart and patience and you’re drawn towards the work.
    Kia Turner, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • In the meantime, she’s released a project with Ladd that is dear to both of their hearts.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That moment was about how the people in your life speak to your heart.
    John Benson, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • These people, the elites know in their hearts, will never learn.
    Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • This wasn’t a music of minds — or even hearts — so much as nerve endings.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The suspect then stabbed him three times, with the knife piercing his heart, Kenny said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • My heart is with her family abroad and those still here in New York.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The 55-year-old, whose cherished daughter had been lost to a heart ailment years ago.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Share [Findings] Chimpanzees have a bone in their hearts.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There has always been Venice with its wonders in my eyes, in my heart, in my hands.
    Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The black heart emoji can be used to convey those feelings.
    Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 12 July 2023
  • Griner received a loud standing ovation from the crowd and waved to fans and pointed to her heart.
    Doug Feinberg, ajc, 18 June 2023
  • The fetus had two holes in his heart, no nose bone and his brain had not developed.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2023

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