How to Use hearten in a Sentence

hearten

verb

• The team's victory has heartened its fans.
• I am heartened to see the Women’s March take up the cause.
  — Chaédria Labouvier, SELF, 18 July 2017
• Paul seems heartened by this, and wants to call his wife and kids.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
• But investors were heartened by the prospect of a deal.
  — Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2017
• Back on stage Sunday, Grande seemed heartened by the huge turnout.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 4 June 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
• In the last day, I have been heartened by so many Americans who have raised their voices to speak out.
  — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2017
• 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
• Even people who didn’t own BMWs were heartened by the announcement.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• Despite the brutal circumstances of the crash, the actions of onlookers at the scene heartened Sgt.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 22 June 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
• 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
• We are heartened that the calf survived the initial injury, and there is some evidence of healing.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Emma was heartened to spot a Nando’s, a popular South African chicken franchise, just down the road.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024