gladden

Example Sentences

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It expects him to be a grander figure, a talisman who will gladden the jaded and enthuse audiences the orchestra has yet to enthuse.

From New York Times

It will gladden your hearts to know that the man in front of her was also stopped and ticketed.

From Los Angeles Times

And you would be glad, though gladdening this opera is not, to hear a performance as strong as Monday’s in any major house.

From New York Times

Lenton and Wilson, with a combined age of 130, were perhaps the most gladdening of the successes.

From BBC

The brilliant and gladdening “Six: The Musical” thumbs its fetching nose at Tudor England’s old boys network and reserves a few blissfully scornful finger-wags for our own.

From Washington Post