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

But the true journalistic heart stopper was contained in the news that Mr. Lewandowski was bound by what even Mr. Lewandowski described as a “strict confidentiality agreement.”

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2016

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

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2012

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