How to Use heartthrob in a Sentence

heartthrob

noun
  • So what does his wife think of his new status as a heartthrob?
    — Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Cuffe looks the part of a heartthrob hero, but the pacing is slow.
    — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • For some, he’s even emerged as a sort of anti-hero heartthrob.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The heartthrob of the season has a six-pack stacked on a six-pack.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the ex babysits so mama can have a date night with her butch heartthrob.
    — Lily Burana, Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2019
  • The singer/heartthrob wore pearl earrings, a sheer blouse, and high heels.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
  • Want more deets on the heartthrob who's all over the internet?
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Take a look through these fashion-defining looks from the heartthrob.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Even in a strip club, the hip-hop heartthrob is distracted, lost in his own thoughts.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At least three of the would-be heartthrobs tear up while discussing the show’s impact on their lives.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Robinson is ideal parts heartthrob and geek in the title role.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Move over, Archie Andrews — there’s a new heartthrob in town.
    — Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018
  • Since then, the Irish actor has emerged as a global heartthrob and style icon.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The two heartthrobs have also become fashion icons in their own right.
    — Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
  • Both tracks feel to be very much in the Colombian heartthrob’s wheelhouse.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Over the last few years, Law has moved away from heartthrob, into darker fare.
    — Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With Nikko’s new heartthrob status comes questions about his love life.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And your boy band member, Keith, isn’t the heartthrob.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • His heartthrob status continued to steal scenes – and, in this case, dates to the school dance.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The then-19 -year-old later agreed to dine with the heartthrob, with her father along.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Jan is the more popular one, but Jan is the quiet heartthrob.
    — Dayna Evans, The Cut, 26 June 2017
  • John Stamos was, of course, the heartthrob on set, although none of us kids thought of him that way.
    — Andrea Barber, Good Housekeeping, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The franchise made Pattinson a teen heartthrob to girls across the world.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Some fans gushed over Pierre and even edited themselves with the heartthrob actor in the clip.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Chad Michael Murray is better known as a teen heartthrob, even if those days are in the past.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Perhaps something both camps can agree on is that Bravo is the heartthrob of the moment.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Two weeks into the series, a five-minute clip introduced the heartthrob of the football team.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Chris Evans has stolen the hearts of America as an onscreen heartthrob.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • White's bad-boy heartthrob status has given way to many horny memes, as well as curiosity about his love life.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • To help restart the streetcar, the once teenage heartthrob and fan of Cincinnati's urban core, put pen to paper.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020

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