bleeding heart
Example Sentences
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Sardonic, hard-nosed Jen and flighty, bleeding heart Judy are returning after more than two years, so fans may need a binge-watch refresher on their high jinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Anyway, the first time I listened to this song as an idealistic teenager, it did my bleeding heart good.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
As “Valentine” so poignantly illustrates, the surest route out of a terrible feeling is straight through its bleeding heart.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
“She was a symbol. She was mocked. She was looked upon by a lot of people as a prototypical liberal and bleeding heart, and she is that unapologetically.”
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021
After my third reading of The Well of Loneliness I became a bleeding heart for the downtrodden misunderstood lesbians.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
