uplifting

Example Sentences

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Not exactly the most uplifting news when it feels like the apocalypse is just outside our doors.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

But it’s undeniable that it’s an uplifting thing to witness — and therein lies its importance to other people.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Epstein adds: "It is not uplifting, it is gossipy and defensive," saying he found the draft book "troubling" and recommending that Lord Mandelson look at his manuscript again.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

He had a grand feeling, no doubt, a compensation of vigour and clarity and uplifting of the heart Perhaps his famous God did give him something which she could not give.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White