Tear at your heart

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verb phrase

To cause someone to feel strong emotions, usually sadness or sympathy.

The story of the lost little girl really tears at your heart.
Visual representation of "tear at your heart" - To cause someone to feel strong emotions, usually sadness or sympathy.

Often appears as...

  • story tears at your heart
  • situation tears at your heart
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Emotional Impact

Use it to express how something affects you or others emotionally, often by sadness.

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The documentary about climate change tears at your heart.
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Empathy Trigger

Ideal for describing events or stories that you expect to make others feel empathy.

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The nurse's tale of the aging veteran tears at your heart.
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Not Literal

The phrase is figurative and does not describe physical pain but deep emotional response.

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The sight of the abandoned pets tore at my heart.
Visual representation of the word "Tear at your heart"

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