tug at heartstrings

tug at your heartstrings

also pull on your heartstrings

to cause strong feelings of affection or sympathy He looked into his son's smiling eyes and felt a tug on his heartstrings.

Usage notes: sometimes used with other verbs: The stories he told plucked at your heartstrings.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Niven	-	Scottish
Amor	-	Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
Terrell	TER-əl, tə-REL	English
Whetu	-	Maori
Aleixo	ə-LAY-shoo (Portuguese), a-LAY-shaw (Galician)	Portuguese, Galician
UxÍA	oo-SHEE-a	Galician