heartthrob
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Did you feel like you were being pushed to fit a certain mold as a teen heartthrob?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Isaac Butler analyzes Pattinson’s evolution from teen heartthrob to oddball star.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 1968, the Beatles made Asher head of A&R at Apple Records, where he signed James Taylor; the two soon moved to Los Angeles and turned Taylor into music’s biggest heartthrob folkie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Once a Hollywood heartthrob, George is now reduced to plugging Indian whisky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Call a suitor a heartthrob if he’s better than all previous candidates.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
One of today’s hottest literary heartthrobs has wings and comes from the Bronx.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Imagine: You’re in your early 20s, and your heart has been captured by the soulful eyes of one of today’s up-and-coming heartthrobs.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
In a pre–social media era, eating alongside Indiana Jones’ whip or the steering wheel from Titanic was about as close as you could get to your favorite cinematic heroes and heartthrobs.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024
They were the boys-next-door, whose age and good looks made them heartthrobs to millions of young fans around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
"What? Has love gone from the world? Are there no more heartthrobs left? No screen goddesses to adore or cheerleaders to pine for?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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