heart-piercing love

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  • After briefly reflecting on this matter, I was forced to conclude that there was something in the nature of Virginia’s performance that had called the heart-piercing vision to mind.

    Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999

  • All she felt was blinding, heart-piercing emotion.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • SIMON: And thats Knoxville 1915, and this is a piece of music that is written alongside the heart-piercing words of James Agee.

    Building A Career On Barber, The Enigmatic American 2010

  • In his reconciliation with Cordelia, Hicks turns towards her and says with heart-piercing directness: Pray you now, forget and forgive.

    King Lear – review 2011

  • In the Shangri-Las' 1965 hit I Can Never Go Home Anymore, the song's fictional mother dies, and Mary Weiss unleashes a heart-piercing cry of "Mama!"

    Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams – review 2011

  • SIMON: And thats Knoxville 1915, and this is a piece of music that is written alongside the heart-piercing words of James Agee.

    Building A Career On Barber, The Enigmatic American 2010

  • … The humor and heart-piercing emotions throughout the tale make for a lively read.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • … The humor and heart-piercing emotions throughout the tale make for a lively read.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • He was too far away to see the green of her eyes, a color he'd never beheld on anyone else, a color of such heart-piercing perfection that it sometimes would stop his breathing, and at other times quicken it.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • … The humor and heart-piercing emotions throughout the tale make for a lively read.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

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