How to Use heartthrob in a Sentence

heartthrob

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • And there's no better beam of sunshine than the Hollywood heartthrob, Brad Pitt.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Country heartthrob Sam Hunt is returning to the Houston area.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Both McCartney and Turtle are blond and former teen heartthrobs.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Davy Jones, former 1960s heartthrob and singer for The Monkees, died.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • It’s also helped the actor’s rising profile, taking him from a virtual unknown to an international heartthrob.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shane West is looking back on his days as a teen heartthrob.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Even in a strip club, the hip-hop heartthrob is distracted, lost in his own thoughts.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • His heartthrob status continued to steal scenes – and, in this case, dates to the school dance.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Countless fans have been mourning the future absence of the broody, spoon-licking heartthrob since the news broke.
    — Glamour, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The actress, 39, also took a guess at what might be some of his heartthrob tendencies.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • He's been a heartthrob to my entire generation for more than a decade, so how could I not?
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Regé-Jean Page, the heartthrob of Bridgerton season 1, is taken.
    — ELLE, 1 Sep. 2021
  • And his work paid off — White won the internet’s heart with both his hardcore chef skills and heartthrob status as Carmy.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Even though you guys were teen heartthrobs, the show was generally very wholesome and tame.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • He’s had his fair share of experience in both playing heartthrobs and in the action realm.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Typically, a heartthrob and leading man, Huang gained a considerable amount of weight for the part.
    — Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024

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