How to Use hearts and minds in a Sentence

hearts and minds

plural noun
  • But time changes hearts and minds.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What was the key to winning hearts and minds?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There’s the hope of changing hearts and minds.
    — Lee Bebout, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There is a tug of war underway for their hearts and minds.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • When people get to know trans people, hearts and minds change.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Changing hearts and minds is the first step, but action needs to follow.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The best solution is the one that wins hearts and minds, not just specs and benchmarks.
    — John Spencer-Taylor, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There is no way to change hearts and minds of Republicans or the courts.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Allies could not drive Nazism from people’s hearts and minds.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In Stille’s book, patients put their hearts and minds in Newton’s hands.
    — Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
  • One moves people across continents; the other moves hearts and minds.
    — Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Disappointed sellers turned away, hearts and minds still in hand.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Israel will likely never be able to fully win hearts and minds in Gaza.
    — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Leaders must paint a compelling picture of the future that connects with both hearts and minds.
    — Saby Waraich, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The goal is friendship, love and to open hearts and minds and bring people together with music.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The right vendor will partner with you to win hearts and minds, driving sustainable change.
    — Tricia Emerson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • And at the local bookstore, a focus on protecting hearts and minds.
    — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Thinker, a fictional gay rapper in a blonde wig, has captured our hearts and minds.
    — Samantha Allen, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Challenging orthodoxy and winning hearts and minds in the process.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is a battle for hearts and minds for Israel, not just a military battle.
    — CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But Broadway gets to benefit from the kind of hearts and minds of so many pockets of this broader field.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Our needs will be at the forefront of our hearts and minds, pushing us to deal with matters that have been left on the back burner for some time.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025
  • That proximity, that joyful act of neighboring, is what opens hearts and minds.
    — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • When the goal is creating a character, human hearts and minds are the final judge instead.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And clearly, there are plenty of adults who could also use a little more cross-cultural learning to open their hearts and minds.
    — Britt Hogue, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Bilingualism is the fastest way for empathy to immigrate into hearts and minds.
    — Richard Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
  • Never underestimate the power of a cute nickname to change hearts and minds.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
  • How has Victoria's Secret countered Sweeney in the war for hearts and minds?
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Supporting these aims requires open hearts and minds to engage, lobby, serve and stand with both sides and all who suffer in between.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Another major issue for winning over hearts and minds is the volume of crypto hacks that still occur.
    — Matvii Diadkov, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

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