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Meanings of touch a chord in English

Spanish
tirar una cuerda

Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.

tirar una cuerda
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Examples for "strike a chord"
Examples for "strike a chord"
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We think it will strike a chord with many parents of young children.
The Irish Times
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And those tend to strike a chord, not just parade merit.
The Guardian
3
I was hoping it might strike a chord of some kind.
The witch queen
4
However, their sentiments are likely to strike a chord with some UK-based Jewish groups.
The Guardian
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The shadow chancellor's words will strike a chord with business, which is becoming incr
Reuters
Usage of touch a chord in English
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When I speak of these things they touch a chord within me.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
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He watched his words touch a chord in Masters' mind.
Success to the Brave
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The shrill exclamation seemed to touch a chord of remembrance in the mind of Sir George Newnes.
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
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Her remark seemed to touch a chord of sympathy in the company, for the women, especially, became very quiet.
The Title Market
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Not with slogans, but with policies that can touch a chord with the country's growing band of young voters.
Reuters
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All our ignoble toils, and all our petty anxieties, touch a chord that vibrates in that deep and tender heart.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI
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Subtly, ever so cunningly, she had contrived to touch a chord in Colonel Kirby's heart that he did not know lived any more.
The Winds of the World
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At the same time, we cannot help being in sympathy with the words of Burns; they certainly touch a chord in all our hearts:
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
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Even in the midst of war, Philosophy will be heard, especially when she speaks words of concurring authority that touch a chord in every heart.
The Duel Between France and Germany
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They touch a chord...
And Even Now
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But now they have touched a chord which vibrates in every heart.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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It touched a chord in her deeper than that under Leicester's finger.
Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Complete
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The harshness of his tone touched a chord deep inside her.
Once bitten, twice dead
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He had touched a chord which had long ceased to vibrate.
Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
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I hope my poem touched a chord in your heart?
A Mummer's Wife
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The unfamiliar words touched a chord deeper than memory.
The witch queen
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