heartthrob
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Two Arizona women dressed in red tutus and holiday leggings on Deck 15 brought a photo of Hallmark heartthrob Tyler Hynes on a stick for fellow cruisers to pose with outside their door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Once the quintessential ’90s heartthrob, Hartnett has parlayed the goodwill from his hunky idol days into something far more compelling.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Did you feel like you were being pushed to fit a certain mold as a teen heartthrob?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Isaac Butler analyzes Pattinson’s evolution from teen heartthrob to oddball star.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Call a suitor a heartthrob if he’s better than all previous candidates.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
These days there’s no keeping Hollywood’s gay icons and hetero heartthrobs apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Imagine: You’re in your early 20s, and your heart has been captured by the soulful eyes of one of today’s up-and-coming heartthrobs.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
In a pre–social media era, eating alongside Indiana Jones’ whip or the steering wheel from Titanic was about as close as you could get to your favorite cinematic heroes and heartthrobs.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024
“The teen heartthrobs of Fox’s ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ ... garnered the biggest cheers and screams from the teen fans who lined the streets,” The Times said in a 1991 Emmys red carpet story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2024
"What? Has love gone from the world? Are there no more heartthrobs left? No screen goddesses to adore or cheerleaders to pine for?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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