bleeding heart
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To the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the red color of the hills and canyon walls is a sign of the bleeding heart of their creator god, Mukat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Harry declares to Sally with a vulnerable, piercing and bleeding heart all the ways he loves and sees her for the person that she is — not just some consolation prize:
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023
At the start of the new century, Garrison landed the role of a lifetime: Hedwig, the German-born genderqueer rock goddess who is the beating, bleeding heart of the glam-rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 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
The big red splotch on my shirt looked like a real bleeding heart.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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