heartening
Example Sentences
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It was heartening to know that airline employees, albeit powerless, know about able-bodied passengers gaming system to skip the lines.
"It's massively heartening to hear actually and in a way, I'd say validating," she said.
From BBC
What’s more heartening is that this month’s run-up adds juice to a stop-and-start reversal that began early this summer, but seemed to have lost steam in late October.
From Barron's
The warbling never improved, but it was heartening to see someone get over their paralyzing self-consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times
In these tinderbox times, there is something heartening in the daily gathering.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
