How to Use heartthrob in a Sentence
heartthrob
noun-
Reynolds isn't the only heartthrob to show Krasinski some love.
— Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Apr. 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 premise is as old as time: boy band heartthrob moves out of his family home and ends up crashing with the his mentor for a few weeks that turn into nearly two years and hijinks ensue.
— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 May 2018 -
John Mayer exists in many different forms: crooning heartthrob musician, Visvim completist, Nike campaign star, watch nerd.
— Cam Wolf, GQ, 23 Apr. 2018 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
To help restart the streetcar, the once teenage heartthrob and fan of Cincinnati's urban core, put pen to paper.
— Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020 -
And, of course, Noah Centineo shines as heartthrob Jamey in the movie, though no one is surprised by that.
— Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2018 -
Ben is also on the football team, and pretty much sleeps with the entire school and is the heartthrob of McKinley.
— Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 24 May 2020 -
Perhaps something both camps can agree on is that Bravo is the heartthrob of the moment.
— Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020 -
The heartthrob of Bengals football, the hero of Cincinnati: Joe Burrow.
— Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer, 8 July 2022 -
Hundreds of fans waited hours Tuesday, in the cold and rain, for a moment with the bachata heartthrob.
— Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2020 -
The last sundial was placed was in 2008, for Latin music heartthrob José José.
— Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021 -
The school's heartthrob, Cheong-san, made a huge sacrifice for his friends, and viewers want to know what happened to him.
— Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 9 Feb. 2022 -
The producers are currently negotiating with an A-list actor to play the Turkish heartthrob at the center story, which will be announced soon.
— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
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