How to Use hearts and minds in a Sentence

hearts and minds

plural noun
  • Way to break stereotypes and win over hearts and minds!
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • No amount of coal’s going to change their hearts and minds.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The Allies could not drive Nazism from people’s hearts and minds.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
  • There is no way to change hearts and minds of Republicans or the courts.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • When people get to know trans people, hearts and minds change.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In Stille’s book, patients put their hearts and minds in Newton’s hands.
    — Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
  • Changing hearts and minds is the first step, but action needs to follow.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • And so the war trudged on — thousands of miles away, but passionately waged in L.A.’s hearts and minds.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The Thinker, a fictional gay rapper in a blonde wig, has captured our hearts and minds.
    — Samantha Allen, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But Broadway gets to benefit from the kind of hearts and minds of so many pockets of this broader field.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • The goal is friendship, love and to open hearts and minds and bring people together with music.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • In the absence of matches, the 29-year-old is using his own advice to engage off the court as well as on it to to win or lose hearts and minds.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The last time UConn was here, during the middle of the five-wins-in-five-days miracle of 2011, has never ended in hearts and minds.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • Israel will likely never be able to fully win hearts and minds in Gaza.
    — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
  • With engagement off the table, Mr. Xi has been left with few outlets to win hearts and minds on Taiwan.
    — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The right vendor will partner with you to win hearts and minds, driving sustainable change.
    — Tricia Emerson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In the long term, the pro-life movement needs to change many more hearts and minds of Americans to win a long-lasting victory across the country.
    — The Editors, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This is a battle for hearts and minds for Israel, not just a military battle.
    — CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Luckily, the sequence stayed put — and gave us Gosling's performance at the 2024 Oscars, which will live in our hearts and minds until the end of time.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 May 2025
  • Then again, Corbet, at the peak of his career to this point, likely has the power to sway at least some hearts and minds among the executive class.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The conversation ends with hugs all around — and tears of joy for Isabel, who is relieved at her parents' open hearts and minds.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Their Royal Highnesses hold all the victims, their families and their friends in their hearts and minds.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • For seven seasons, millions of viewers were willing to open their hearts and minds to the idea that an autistic man could be a good doctor.
    — Sarah Kurchak, TIME, 23 May 2024
  • When the goal is creating a character, human hearts and minds are the final judge instead.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Apr. 2023
  • He's also melted both hearts and minds crooning for cola as Lil' Sweet in a series of Dr. Pepper ads.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • As our hearts and minds go to those affected by Helene, our admiration and thanks go to those who are stepping up to help.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • And clearly, there are plenty of adults who could also use a little more cross-cultural learning to open their hearts and minds.
    — Britt Hogue, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Naysayers and the gas industry are winning the public’s hearts and minds while destroying their health and safety.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The fact that guy had the patience to also openly come into those conversations with us further opened our hearts and minds.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Supporting these aims requires open hearts and minds to engage, lobby, serve and stand with both sides and all who suffer in between.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024

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