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
