How to Use hearten in a Sentence

hearten

verb
  • The team's victory has heartened its fans.
  • He’s also heartened that another team reported something very similar just 3 weeks later.
    Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 June 2024
  • I am heartened to see the Women’s March take up the cause.
    Chaédria Labouvier, SELF, 18 July 2017
  • 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
  • Athletes might also be heartened by the recent Tour de France that just ended.
    Anne Pouzargues, WIRED, 26 July 2024

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