hearten

So I’m heartened, and I’ll tell you, it’s encouraging to me that appropriators have not ceased their work.

The warbling never improved, but it was heartening to see someone get over their paralyzing self-consciousness.

In these tinderbox times, there is something heartening in the daily gathering.

It’s heartening, especially once viewers realize these are fellow Borderland escapees who have picked themselves up from the dire circumstances that led to their otherworldly journey in the first place.

Regardless, we should all be very heartened to know that, for the time being, Kimmel has no intention of quitting his day job.