noun
- one’s deepest feelings of love or compassion
Usage: usually used in the phrase ‘tug at/pull at one’s heartstrings’
Examples
- The movie about the lost dog really tugged at my heartstrings.
- Her speech pulled at the heartstrings of everyone in the audience.
- The charity’s commercial was designed to tug at viewers’ heartstrings.
- Seeing the old photographs pulled at his heartstrings.
- The story of the orphaned children tugged at her heartstrings.
- That song always pulls at my heartstrings and makes me cry.