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Society gossips, dismayed by the scarcity of my affaires de coeur, have decided that I am in love with a man who was killed in the war and whom I never knew.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violet is definitely certain, and I rely on her to determine the truth regarding all affaires de coeur, especially long distance from Paris.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

At least I certainly have no affaires de coeur to relate.

From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick

If there be anything more disheartening to an Irishman, in his little affaires de coeur, than another, it is the sense of rivalry.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James