heartstrings
Noun
Meaning
your deepest feelings of love and compassion
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many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings
From the arc where Raven fights against her demon father, Terra’s rise and fall, and the standalone episode where Starfire gets a glimpse of a future without the Titans — there’s plenty of stories that will tug on your heartstrings.
A world Netflix knew the streaming population needed more of, a series that Ms. Dolly said “really did tug at your heartstrings.”
And yet, it truly is a funny book -- the Penderwicks are witty and there is an undercurrent of humor throughout -- but it's also one that tugged at my heartstrings and made me cry in the end.
Finally, the sunflower fields just pulled at the heartstrings of people.
All of the Lakers were impressive for their last meet, but Jenn Priebe, a swimmer with a story that could tug at the heartstrings, was a standout.