How to Use heartthrob in a Sentence
heartthrob
noun-
At least three of the would-be heartthrobs tear up while discussing the show’s impact on their lives.
— Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Chad Michael Murray is better known as a teen heartthrob, even if those days are in the past.
— Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Two weeks into the series, a five-minute clip introduced the heartthrob of the football team.
— D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 -
But now, here's a father-son duo seen in very different circumstances: a former teenage heartthrob rooting for his son in the wrestling ring.
— Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 20 Jan. 2017 -
What’s fascinating is the way director Clavell serves up Sir as a heartthrob.
— Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 1 Feb. 2017 -
Find out which celebrity heartthrob have made generations of Southern women swoon.
— Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2016 -
West is one of a few heartthrobs in the film, which also stars Gerard Butler as Dracula.
— Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Clooney’s heartthrob status could also help him chip away at Trump’s 54 percent vote total among white women, a category where just a few points could tilt the whole race.
— David Burstein, The Hive, 22 Jan. 2017 -
Cuffe looks the part of a heartthrob hero, but the pacing is slow.
— David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018 -
In the mid-2000s, the Jonas Brothers became some of the biggest teen heartthrobs of the decade.
— John Russell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The singer/heartthrob wore pearl earrings, a sheer blouse, and high heels.
— Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019 -
The question is: Who was your favorite heartthrob of the year?
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023 -
The then-19 -year-old later agreed to dine with the heartthrob, with her father along.
— Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 11 Dec. 2017 -
Keep scrolling for proof from your fave celeb heartthrobs.
— Yoora Kim, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Maybe the ex babysits so mama can have a date night with her butch heartthrob.
— Lily Burana, Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2019 -
Want more deets on the heartthrob who's all over the internet?
— Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022 -
So what does his wife think of his new status as a heartthrob?
— Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022 -
Both tracks feel to be very much in the Colombian heartthrob’s wheelhouse.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022 -
John Stamos was, of course, the heartthrob on set, although none of us kids thought of him that way.
— Andrea Barber, Good Housekeeping, 15 Nov. 2019 -
Shane West is looking back on his days as a teen heartthrob.
— Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Move over, Archie Andrews — there’s a new heartthrob in town.
— Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018 -
Even in a strip club, the hip-hop heartthrob is distracted, lost in his own thoughts.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023 -
But who will win the youthful heartthrob battle to come?
— GQ, 15 Dec. 2017 -
Oh yeah, and in case any of you forgot, Donny was a total teenage heartthrob back in the '70s.
— Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2019 -
His heartthrob status continued to steal scenes – and, in this case, dates to the school dance.
— People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Davy Jones, former 1960s heartthrob and singer for The Monkees, died.
— Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 29 Feb. 2020 -
Take a look through these fashion-defining looks from the heartthrob.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024 -
But will the Too Hot to Handle heartthrob treat the real estate icon right?
— Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023 -
That one starred heartthrob Tyrone Power, in a harsh change of pace.
— Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021 -
But perhaps most exciting of all is the fact that ER heartthrob Noah Wyle has just been cast in the show.
— Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 July 2018
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