How to Use hearten in a Sentence

hearten

verb
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  • But investors were heartened by the prospect of a deal.
    — Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2017
  • I am heartened to see the Women’s March take up the cause.
    — Chaédria Labouvier, SELF, 18 July 2017
  • Back on stage Sunday, Grande seemed heartened by the huge turnout.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 4 June 2017
  • The responses to it by politicians and pundits were heartening.
    — Stephen Carter, Twin Cities, 16 June 2017
  • Susan Ahlfeld, one of the Naperville residents who helped organize the meeting said she was heartened by the turnout and the ideas proposed.
    — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 24 Aug. 2017
  • But we are heartened by the fact that the highest court of our state recognizes that the constitutional compensation due to the homeowners must be paid.
    — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 July 2017
  • Still, he's been heartened when his electricity has flickered back on to reveal news of water rescues and the Cajun Navy making its way west.
    — Chris Granger, NOLA.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • In the difficult days following the storm, he has been heartened by the support he's received from people he's never met, many of whom praised him for carrying his family's pit bull through waist-deep water to dry land.
    — Melissa Chan, Time, 14 Sep. 2017
  • In the weeks since his son-in-law’s incident, Cleveland said he has been heartened by spontaneous expressions of faith and kindness shared with him by friends, family, total strangers and colleagues.
    — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 19 July 2017
  • Fitzgerald, who is in her early 70s, has also publicly endorsed vaccinations, which will hearten the public health community.
    — Helen Branswell, Scientific American, 7 July 2017
  • As my own term draws to a close, I am heartened at the idea of Panch as my successor.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Young spent time on Thursday’s off day watching video of the bullpen and was heartened.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Like many women, Lois Frankel has been heartened by the #MeToo movement.
    — Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan, 14 Dec. 2017
  • But the Sox were heartened to see Yoshida have a productive day.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Both of us were heartened that one thing kept coming up again and again: There’s more that unites the heartland and the coasts than divides them.
    — Tim Ryan, Recode, 20 Mar. 2018
  • But he was heartened by the fact that Griffith, who could be a tough audience, seemed to like the new take on her old song.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • My hope is that folks who knew Bob will be heartened to see him in this light and also to see his own work doing good in the world.
    — Maris Kreizman, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • She's heartened by the fact that schools across the state seem to be doing similar pushes to feed kids.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But they were heartened to see so many people protesting against the law on Monday.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Snyder was heartened by the performance against the Heat.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The Fed should be heartened by Payscale's survey that points to a modest slowdown in raises.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Generally the markets are heartened by the fact that there is some progress.
    — Benjamin Parkin, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
  • Geimer says she's heartened that more people are listening to victims in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2018
  • At first, Corado was heartened by the support that flowed after Mely’s death.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But they’ve been heartened to see the steps people are taking to keep their connections alive.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The whole episode should hearten the lawyers who defended Carlson against a 2019 defamation case.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And the effect is heartening: so many children engrossed in a Mozart opera.
    — New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
  • David Campos said he was heartened to know his brother had made so many friends in El Paso.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Advocates said they were heartened that now a red state, Utah, and a blue state, Colorado, have embraced the reforms.
    — Michael Squires, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Though saddened by the death of the ocelot three years ago, wildlife experts were heartened by the new genetic tests, which suggest the species might be faring better than previously thought.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024

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