enhearten

Example Sentences

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But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ember went darkly about his various businesses, taciturn—even a trace more than ever reserved in his communication with Whitaker—preoccupied, but constant in his endeavour to enhearten the desponding husband.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph

This is the first consideration that should nerve and enhearten us; but there is a second and most important one to which God would direct our attention, namely, the natural limitations of the adversary himself.

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

There was such an air of confidence in Cosmo's manner and words that this simple statement did much to enhearten the others.

From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Buoyed up by these sanguine expectations, Douglas undertook a tour through New England, not to make stump speeches, he declared, but to visit and enhearten his followers.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen