bleeding heart
Example Sentences
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A mentor suggested that Newman recharge his bleeding heart by volunteering with Minsun Ji, founder of Denver’s first day laborers’ center.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
Anyway, the first time I listened to this song as an idealistic teenager, it did my bleeding heart good.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 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
“She was a symbol. She was mocked. She was looked upon by a lot of people as a prototypical liberal and bleeding heart, and she is that unapologetically.”
From Washington Post • May 11, 2021
After my third reading of The Well of Loneliness I became a bleeding heart for the downtrodden misunderstood lesbians.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
