heartening

Example Sentences

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He said that it was “heartening” to see the document as “the highest-level statement from the Vatican to date, “but much more needs to be done.”

From New York Times

A more heartening one you may have missed from yesterday, the biggest girls’ school football session in England, with around 90,000 taking part across 1,450 schools.

From The Guardian

Set in present-day Atlanta, “Last Days” walks a sometimes fuzzy line between heartening fable and realistic, kitchen-sink character drama.

From New York Times

“Don’t succumb to the fear,” Carla counsels, surely knowing that the mere fact of her being alive so far in the future is heartening.

From New York Times

It is heartening that the composition of the Supreme Court has begun to reflect the diversity of the nation.

From New York Times