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Example sentences for "hearten"

Lexicographically close words:
heartburnings; hearte; hearted; heartedly; heartedness; heartened; heartening; heartens; heartes; heartfelt
  1. He has said enough to breed faith and hearten courage, and he drops his harp without a formal close.

  2. Israel as no less wondrous than that of marshalling the stars, and to hearten faith by pledging that incalculable Power to perfect its restoring work.

  3. He tried to hearten them; they gave him half attention, and some measure of liking.

  4. He was, of course, drinking heavily and steadily; but the drink seemed to hearten him and give him strength.

  5. We should seek to make life brighter for others; we should seek to hearten them in their trials by the example of our courage in bearing our sorrows.

  6. So, even as thou heartenest his heart, do thou hearten mine.

  7. We had a Viceroy in those days who knew exactly when to "gentle" a fractious big man and to hearten up a collar-galled little one, and so keep all his team level.

  8. The whoops and strange cries of the Indians did not tend to hearten the enemy.

  9. He planned to lure Hull into the open, and he relied on his few regulars and the inveterate fighters he had in the Indians to hearten the raw recruits, if they needed any spur other than that of defending their families and homes.

  10. It did nothing to hearten them for the task that lay before them to see the men whom Brock had taken prisoners at Detroit, and who had come by boat to Fort Erie, march along the Niagara River to Fort George.

  11. He wanted to take the two posts he had mentioned in the first sharp attack, and thus hearten his people.

  12. It must be conceded that the capture of Fort Vaux, though costly, was a valuable acquisition to the Germans, and served to hearten and encourage the troops who had met with so many disasters in this area.

  13. This reminder did not hearten the servants much; they still held back.

  14. One little thing there was to hearten me.

  15. In battle the trumpeter stood upon the poop, dressed in his glory, blowing brave blasts to hearten up the gunners.

  16. And to hearten his company" for that bold attempt "he feasted them that Easter Day with great cheer and cheerfulness" on the dainties taken from the Spaniards.

  17. But to encourage and hearten you to this, I would have you look back to that former victory that Christ hath gained in our name, and look about to the assistance you have for the present, the Spirit to help you.

  18. It is for those in the van to hearten those behind them by word and deed; it is for you, the reserve, to make the cowards dread you more than the foe.

  19. But I read the signs quite differently, and I think you agree with me, and only say the contrary to hearten me, not to deceive me, especially as Spain too has now joined Africa.

  20. Ait enim se ex litteris tuis intellegere tibi non placere, quod ad multos de me asperius scripserit, Page 391 doing what you can to hearten me, that is writing to me, even if you have nothing to say.

  21. But if thou lov'dst to have thy soldiers fight, Or hearten the spent courages of men, Pembrooke could use a stile invincible.

  22. I've seen it hearten a whole crowd on a mean trail, like the bugle and fife of a regiment.

  23. It was getting mighty cold, nights, and with the frost in his wet clothes, a man needs a warm supper to hearten him.

  24. He drank an extra thimbleful of whisky to try to hearten himself.

  25. To hearten his men the keleustes ceased his beating on the sounding-board, and clapped lips to his pipe.

  26. What can we do to hearten her, Democrates?

  27. An officer of an Argyll battalion, writing of the days of trench fighting, says: "They have done much to hearten us on long marches.

  28. And more proclamations, a la Napoleon, were issued to sustain and hearten those who were finding bread and onions meagre fare, to shame the hesitating, the wavering.

  29. Shamefacedly and self-consciously, he tried to say something to console and hearten the other man, but Halliday interrupted him roughly.

  30. A sentence from the man on his left had done a good deal to hearten him.

  31. So say to her and hearten her on my part.

  32. Shoghi Effendi trusts that her memory will increasingly serve to cheer and hearten the friends in their ever-widening activities.

  33. The memory of the ineffable beauty of thy smile shall ever continue to cheer and hearten me in the thorny path I am destined to pursue.

  34. He would hearten the despised and the rejected with outpourings of grace.

  35. I took a few long breaths to hearten me; it was now or never.

  36. The drums began again, to hearten them, but there was no need for drums in that company; they began to sing of their own accord, making a noise which drowned the drums altogether.

  37. The strength and mastery thus promised raised my dejected spirits, as the words of a new and sanguine physician may hearten one who had long lain stricken yet now dares to hope for the day of recovery.

  38. The ancients quenched the ashes of the pyre with red wine, as if the blood of the god-given vine could hearten the spirit that yet hovered near.

  39. If he had the ear of the company, now he had the drink to hearten him, he would show Wilson and the rest that he wasn't such a blasted fool!

  40. He was the brave man now, with his bellow to hearten him.

  41. He was already mellow, but he took another swig to hearten him, as was his habit.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hearten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abet; advocate; animate; arouse; assure; bolster; boost; brighten; buoy; cheer; comfort; console; countenance; ease; electrify; embolden; encourage; endorse; energize; enliven; exhilarate; favor; fire; fortify; galvanize; gladden; hearten; indorse; inflame; inspire; inspirit; invigorate; kindle; liven; nerve; quicken; reassure; rejoice; relieve; rouse; solace; stimulate; strengthen; subscribe; support; vitalize; warm