hearten
Example Sentences
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That’s why it was so heartening to see filmmakers, actors and artists openly rooting for their work, and fighting for the success of their industry.
From Salon
"That community spirit is truly heartening to hear."
From BBC
In these awful, uncertain times, it is heartening that “Star Trek,” that most good-hearted, proudly progressive of space operas, continues to create new missions for fresh multiplanetary crews of explorers.
From Los Angeles Times
It was heartening to know that airline employees, albeit powerless, know about able-bodied passengers gaming system to skip the lines.
But the extraordinary acts of a number of people on the scene heartened many in Australia and beyond.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
