heart stopper

Example Sentences

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I scanned the cover page and there it was, another heart stopper: “House vote enshrines legal right in U.S. to same-sex and interracial marriage.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

North, with a heart stopper, converted to three no-trump.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2012

After West made a Michaels Cue-Bid to show his major two-suiter, the two-heart response by North indicated at least game-invitational values with a heart stopper and no spade stopper.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2011

North cue-bid three hearts, and South tried three no-trump because he had a heart stopper.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2011

Only in the American League West was the race something less than a heart stopper.

From Time Magazine Archive