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Example sentences for: heartening

How can you use “heartening” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We thank everyone who resubscribed, sight unseen, and especially those who enclosed heartening notes, made helpful suggestions, and, in general, cheered us on.
He recalled some operational data on the FBI, and remembered thinking it was heartening that 70 investigations were under way.
It has been heartening to see some of my fellow survivors of mid-'70s adolescence (post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, pre-punk, pre-Reagan) finally clear their heads of all the drugs and bad music and put those "lost" years into perspective.
There are heartening exceptions.
On a site dedicated to "greedy" associates, it is heartening to see so much discussion about some very non-greedy subjects such as pro bono.