Rhetorical device used to tug at your heartstrings Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PATHOS Rhetorical device used to tug at your heartstrings (6) New York Times Feb 17, 2025
3% SOBSTORY Tale that tugs at the heartstrings (8) USA Today May 26, 2025
3% PLEA Heartstring-tugging appeal (4) USA Today Dec 15, 2021
3% TOUCH Tug the heartstrings of (5)
3% PULLAT Tug on, like heartstrings (6)
2% ROPE Tug-of-war gear (4)
2% AMI Rhetorical question, often (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 27, 2025
2% BIOCHIP Small device often used in gene sequencing (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 27, 2025
2% DEMONS They might use you for your body? (6) The Atlantic Sep 21, 2025
2% RHYMING Poetic device (7) The Times Concise Sep 15, 2025

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