enhearten
Example Sentences
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But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Buoyed up by these sanguine expectations, Douglas undertook a tour through New England, not to make stump speeches, he declared, but to visit and enhearten his followers.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson
These he displayed to their full proportions, and the sight did little to enhearten me.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
A card on the trunk of a tree, announcing curtly, "Dogs not allowed," seemed to enhearten him.
From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett
The lad was in Highland uniform, and I spake to him in Gaelic, thinking to enhearten him, but he made no reply as he staggered forward between us towards the door.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by Jean Newton McIlwraith