heart-stirring
Example Sentences
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The first series saw the nurse at its heart stirring up trouble in the lobotomy-friendly Lucia State Hospital in Northern California.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
"Not at all, my boy," responded the old man, his heart stirring in his breast at this unwonted approach at an hour when the two were usually far apart.
From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
Craig muttered unbelievingly. ressing his ear to her chest, he detected a faint and labored beating of her heart, stirring from its cold sleep as the terrific stimulation jolted it back to life.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
These kept my heart stirring and content as long as I abode in the Glen of the Garpel.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
His friendly look went straight to her heart, stirring in her an urgent need for sympathy.
From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
