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- noun Plural form of
heart . - noun uncountable One of the four
suits ofplaying cards , in red, marked with the symbol♥ . - noun card games, uncountable A
trick -takingcard game in which players are penalized for takinghearts and (especially) thequeen of spades . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
heart .
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- noun a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
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Examples
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Where hearts are not wilfully closed against such preaching of "_the truth as it is in Jesus_," they will, through its power, become "_broken and contrite hearts_," from which will arise earnest pleadings for forgiveness and acceptance.
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In fact, the only time the phrase "hearts and minds" appears in the U.S. Army's counterinsurgency field manual is in an appendix—written by Australian expert David Kilcullen— that explains that the hearts-and-minds approach is not about making people like you but about affecting the decisions they make.
In Afghanistan With Our Warrior Elite Andrew Exum 2011
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The Kenyans have been counting on international aid groups to prop up their counterinsurgency campaign - the phrase "hearts and minds" crops up repeatedly in conversations with the soldiers.
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The Kenyans have been counting on international aid groups to prop up their counterinsurgency campaign - the phrase "hearts and minds" crops up repeatedly in conversations with the soldiers.
The Seattle Times 2011
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And the lady of our hearts is all the one — the Little
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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I hope that after the smoke clears, level heads will prevail, and they will do what they know in their hearts is the right thing. cindy
Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008
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The fear of death that lurks in our hearts is a fear of absence, of a forced exile from her life, of missing that life.
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What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type, the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots.
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And the lady of our hearts is all the one — the Little Lady.
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This unluckily was not my business: I wished to elevate their minds; but to what they called their hearts I had not the slightest claim.
Chapter XVI. Book IV 1917
john commented on the word hearts
Can be written in smiley form thusly: <3
September 19, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word hearts
Is also a card game that I always have to be retaught, because I can never remember how to play it.
September 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hearts
♥
September 19, 2007
seanahan commented on the word hearts
Really? I've got Hearts down. Now the Bridge bidding conventions, I've been unable to even learn those once.
September 19, 2007