A newspaper or magazine column containing advertisements from readers looking for a partner or lover.
she tries her luck in the lonely hearts columns
Example sentencesExamples
- Many men were adamant they have never used dating agencies or lonely hearts columns.
- She answered an advertisement that he had placed in a newspaper lonely hearts column.
- I joined an internet dating agency, but had no luck, then moved on to answering ads in a local newspaper lonely hearts column.
- Maybe I should place an ad in a lonely hearts column.
- A bachelor meets a woman through a lonely hearts column with dramatic results.
- I think a lot of people read lonely hearts columns with a great deal of interest.
- Intrigued by an advertisement he has placed in a lonely hearts column, she and Rebecca contact him simply to see what sort of person would place such an ad.
- After the numbness of widowhood wore off, she found love again through the lonely hearts column of her local newspaper.
- He resorts to finding a wife by whatever means necessary: writing to lonely hearts columns and employing the services of a matchmaker.
- He has tried lonely hearts columns in local newspapers a few times.