bleeding heart
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Lisa-Kaindé is the bleeding heart who whispers divinity into her lyrics, and Naomi grounds them with the beating pulse of her percussion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Harry declares to Sally with a vulnerable, piercing and bleeding heart all the ways he loves and sees her for the person that she is — not just some consolation prize:
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023
At the start of the new century, Garrison landed the role of a lifetime: Hedwig, the German-born genderqueer rock goddess who is the beating, bleeding heart of the glam-rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 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
“One of these days, Roshan, your bleeding heart is going to bleed all over us.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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