hearten

Example Sentences

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James issued a statement saying she was "heartened by today's victory".

From BBC

James said Monday that she was heartened by the legal victory.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fed officials, who believe inflation expectations readings are a key driver of where inflation stands now, will likely be heartened by the drop in near-term expectations in the report.

From Reuters

Seismologist Lucy Jones said she was heartened by the retrofit progress.

From Los Angeles Times

What was so heartening about it was that people received it in the way that it was intended, which was not, "Well, let us excise 'Lost' from all discourses and pretend it never existed."

From Salon