single-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- single-heartedly adverb
- single-heartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of single-hearted
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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"Through this election we will fully display the might of the single-hearted unity of our army and people," said Hyon Byong-chol, chairman of a preparatory committee for one of the sub-districts in the election.
From BBC
This latter had always been his bearing towards Vivien, even in the early days of impulsive single-hearted devotion.
From Project Gutenberg
Guileless, luminous, and single-hearted in his rectitude and in his reverence, he affords a signal illustration of the way in which faith and conscience may vitally co-operate and even coalesce.
From Project Gutenberg
Rather it is life, which with the same perversity baffles the single-hearted, bewilders the seeker, and juggles with and decapitates the ideas even as Harlequin dismembers the well-meaning and unoffending baker.
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Brother Martin was faithful, honest, thorough, single-hearted,—all that God accepts; all that I am not!
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