gladden
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The images of Rodri out on the first-team training pitches, running, turning and kicking the ball, will gladden the heart of every Manchester City fan.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
Rather than being a distressing duty, exclusion seems to gladden his dreary day.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020
The new escalator policy, which awaits final board approval, would gladden the ghost of comedian Mitch Hedberg, who famously imagined signs that say: “Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the Convenience.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
Surely Walt Disney himself was exactly like Todd Martens, in believing that a world of fantasy could lighten our burdens and gladden our hearts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2017
The second task would lay perfume on the air and gladden noses near and far.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
Pitt especially gladdens as the former inmate with the face tattoos and creative side gig.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Sometimes there's a subversive element to Twitter, a sense of underground community; an anti-establishment frisson that gladdens the soul.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
The one thing that gladdens my heart is that he’s going bald.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2011
There is little that gladdens a geek's heart more than the sound of that first successful post beep from a self-built computer.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2011
She comes out with a few friends, which gladdens me because I hoped she wouldn’t be alone.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
The sight of Palmer and Rogers warming up had gladdened the hearts of many, turning jeers to cheers.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was his getting up on Shabbat mornings to join us at synagogue that most gladdened and baffled me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Rather than viewing their opponents as enemies, many athletes seem to be emboldened and gladdened by their competitors’ successes.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
“I’m gladdened we can all sing together again and we can see our faces when we sing.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
Her eye then lit on Van Helsing and on me too, and gladdened.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
He imagined the hiss and pop of their burning logs gladdening “many a humble fireside.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
The animated series pitches Aang’s refusal to entirely abandon his innocence as a gladdening luxury in a world ravaged by war.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024
Lenton and Wilson, with a combined age of 130, were perhaps the most gladdening of the successes.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022
The jewel-tone visuals especially complement the ultimately gladdening plot twists.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2022
“Every tongue did its best to circulate the gladdening intelligence.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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