How to Use hearted in a Sentence

hearted

adjective
  • Not for the faint-hearted, a look like this is hard to pull off.
    Hannah Coates, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The Chef Show is the most pure-hearted piece of food media on this earth.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The latter is a warm-hearted sendup of morality and the filthy rich.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • While the ovation was light-hearted, the moment did strike a chord.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Jalen was a warm-hearted young man with a great smile who has left us far too soon.
    CBS News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Vampire movies range from the textbook gothic and gory to the comedic and light-hearted.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The whole album is light-hearted, but it’s about self-worth.
    cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Kang was more light-hearted, but still focused on the task at hand.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Said has lived in the area for four months and described Jamila as kind and warm-hearted.
    oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Matt and Noel return to wreak light-hearted havoc in the tent.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Many of the freshmen brought a light-hearted approach to the game, and the returning players bought in.
    oregonlive, 1 June 2022
  • Someone else walked their dog past the chalk-hearted start line.
    Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Emile Hirsch, though, is the heart and soul of the piece as a good-hearted cop putting his own personal life on hold for the job.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
  • Building a business around bees is not for the faint-hearted.
    Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The TriBeCa premises used to be the warm-hearted Chanterelle festooned with sprays of flowers.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Bryan says in response, but his tone sounds half-hearted at best.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • All of them were half-hearted because very few, if none of them, were public.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 May 2022
  • There is no movie without our brilliant and big-hearted cast and crew.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Like a lot of things on the Pixel 5, the camera copy/paste job feels like a half-hearted effort from Google.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • Eighties babies who fell in love with light-hearted pop songs about girls, girls and...
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • Instead of a fun and light hearted trip, though, he is confronted with the horrors of war.
    Carson Burton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
  • While Cruz's comments were light-hearted, the prospect of a Texas secession is not new.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The two coaches have even traded some light-hearted barbs.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2020
  • My aunt traveled with her and kept the worldly affairs light-hearted.
    Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2022
  • Despite the promise of its Tesla-sized screen, Prime is half-hearted about tech.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The app feels light–hearted and easygoing, which is a change of pace from how much of our time on the internet is spent.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • So will Sauron now give up on his half-hearted effort to be good—or at least not outright evil?
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Zane, a freshman at Bethany Christian, shares Ryan's light-hearted side, Krysten said.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And on the 11th, Venus, the planet that rules over love, enters a fun-loving, chatty Gemini, bringing a light-hearted energy to life and love.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023

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