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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hearten.

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Examples

  • The president was described as heartened to hear that Karzai spent much of his inaugural address discussing corruption.

    ABC News: ABCNews 2009

  • The president was described as heartened to hear that Karzai spent much of his inaugural address discussing corruption.

    ABC News: ABCNews 2009

  • We were endangered to attend to which Matt Dupee has had to bear a heart catheterization procedure, nonetheless "heartened" to know which all has left well.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • We were endangered to attend to which Matt Dupee has had to bear a heart catheterization procedure, nonetheless "heartened" to know which all has left well.

    Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009

  • Also, Gates is "heartened" in terms of Afghanistan, where the Bush administration already returned around 500 detainees from Guantanamo to Afghan government custody — which has put about 200 on trial, with a "conviction rate about 80 percent."

    Away From The Numbers | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "heartened" by Ms. Saberi's release but that the U.S. continued "to take issue with the charges against her and the verdicts rendered."

    Iran Frees 2009

  • Robert Szabo, executive director of Consumers United for Rail Equity, which represents shippers, said he was "heartened" by Mr. Elliott's testimony, which he viewed as part of a broader effort by the Obama administration and Congress to strengthen antitrust laws.

    Nominee Calls for Scrutiny of Rail Freight Pricing 2009

  • He said CIT was "heartened" in April when regulators approved some asset transfers to its bank, and another consumer lender, GMAC, received access to the government's debt-guarantee program.

    The CEO Left Off the Lifeboat 2009

  • Fraser-Moleketi was "heartened" by the unions acceptance of the government's invitation to return to the PSCBC on the wage dispute on Monday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Dr Peter Ryan, said he was "heartened" by the interest and actions being taken by South Africa to date.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

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