Sentence examples for heartened her from inspiring English sources

Australian Conservation Foundation's Victoria McKenzie-McHarg said the new position from the government was a "startling" following a statement from the prime minister that heartened her organisation the previous day.

She says the award "heartened" her supporters at a difficult time.

She wasn't particularly eager to undertake this packhorse mission, but, heartened by her husband's recent show of solicitude for her, she consented to go.

Though in this book she strikes a tricky balance — exposing, while also at times playing on, her audience's prejudices — one comes away from "The Thing Around Your Neck" heartened by her self-awareness and unpredictability.

During the daily proceedings, she is heartened when her strong words can provoke a change.

— BEN ROTHENBERG Though she had to be heartened by her first-set effort, winning four games and breaking Williams twice, Sharapova started the second set no closer to winning this final than if she had been bageled in the first.

I was also heartened by her robust defence of me over the years whenever my siblings, especially my older sister, talked about how disgusting I was and how much I was bound for hell.

Despite Ms. Yellen's reluctance to follow strict rules in setting policy immediately, Mr. Taylor still is heartened by her stated desire to return to them eventually, and the specificity with which she has laid out what her preferred "rule" would look like.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was looking forward to seeing Giffords and Kelly later Wednesday, and that everyone at the White House was heartened by her appearance on Capitol Hill.

One fact did hearten her.

I was heartened by both her comfort with the topic and her earnest questions.