It's not a made up story to pull the heart strings.

They said that the song pulls on your heart strings.

Therefore, obviously, each recording pulls at a different heart string, yet the message of hope is always present.

I believe this to be a concern that really pulls on the heart strings of every European citizen.

Not all business leaders are lovable, but their products and services tug on our heart strings in different ways.

They obviously were hoping to pull at the seller's heart strings.

Drama draws on the heart strings without becoming overly sweet.

His voice is described as powerful & melodic and tugs at the heart strings.

For the newspapers, it's a natural, a human-angle story to tug at the very heart strings.

Yet those come-ride-with-me lines certainly pull at my withered heart strings.