Related Clues:

• Pull
• Pull on
• Yank
• Pull with effort
• Pull gently
• Gently pull on
• Gently yank
• Affect, as heartstrings
• Draw a little at a time?
• Appeal to, as heartstrings
• Try to pull off, say
• Try to dislodge, perhaps
• Pull, as heartstrings
• Gently pull