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

“We want to honor norteña music, regional music, more than anything to keep uplifting this movement that we’re experiencing right now,” said vocalist Joel Espinoza.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

And since his music is generally positive, uplifting and family-friendly, he’s perennially in heavy rotation in retail settings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

"I tell my children imaginary stories. I try to make the stories motivating and uplifting," she said, such as tales of a new home with separate rooms and beds.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The precedent he was setting may have seemed uplifting in retrospect, but at the time the glaring and painful reality was that the United States without Washington was itself unprecedented.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis