the heart

noun

: the central or most important part of something

deep in the heart of the forest

Their offices are in the heart of the city.

Let's get right to the heart of the matter.

Examples of the heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Welcome to Fatty Ding’s In Monterey Park, the heart of this support system, is the shopping center known as Fatty Ding’s, named for a restaurant that closed long ago and is now a noodle shop. —

Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024 That example is the best in the heart of the San Joaquín Valley. —

Juan Esparza Loera, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 At the heart of this anxiety lay an old paranoia: Could foreigners confessing loyalty to an infallible pope become faithful citizens of a republic? —

Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 21 May 2024 Johansson’s description strikes right at the heart about debates over the ambiguity and potential misuses of of AI, chatbots, and voice and video cloning. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 May 2024 But for people with a higher likelihood of heart problems, the risk of atrial fibrillation is counterbalanced by the potential anti-inflammatory, anti-clotting, and triglyceride-lowering benefits of omega-3 fats, which tend to protect the heart and lower the risk of coronary events. —

Alice Park, TIME, 21 May 2024 At the heart of Peck’s project are the more than 60,000 negatives found in the Swedish bank roughly seven years ago. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024 The Florida half of former country duo Florida Georgia Line released his new album Tennessee Truth on Friday, May 10, and at the heart of the project (eight tracks of which were written by Kelley) is everything he’s always wanted to say. —

Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 Cohen's name and voice have already come up repeatedly in the first three weeks of testimony -- but on Monday, jurors are expected to get a firsthand look at the man at the heart of the state's case. —

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 May 2024

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