Sentence examples for uplifting tale from inspiring English sources

It is a heartbreaking and uplifting tale.

("Let's recast this story as a triumphal, even uplifting tale of pluck and achievement," Mr. Wolff writes, about how she came to marry such a powerful older man.

Gerald's stepmother, the widowed plantation owner who shows compassion and vulnerability, yet is responsible for the most violent episode in the novel, is outstanding among many finely drawn characters in this harrowing yet uplifting tale.

One man takes on the world in this sad but at the same time uplifting tale that illustrates how there is room for the freedom of spirit and expression in even the most restricting of places.

And yet, in the case of Stephen Sutton, who died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it became an inspiring, uplifting tale for millions of people.

At one end of that spectrum, you have the heartwarming and uplifting tale of the former castoff R.A. Dickey winning the National League Cy Young Award despite a tough childhood, the absence of a crucial ligament in his pitching arm and his biggest handicap: playing for the Mets.

"Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria," a network spokesperson told TVNewser.

A publishing giant was born in 1993 when mega-bucks motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen compiled 101 of their own and their fans' uplifting tales of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

Remember Dolphin Tale, the inspiring and uplifting true story about the disabled dolphin?

Mr. Hooper said he saw universal appeal in the alternately uplifting and tragic tale of Moriarity's friendship with Mr. Hesson, but was acutely aware of the longstanding trap of inauthentic Hollywood takes on surfing.

Yet while the couple's default survival tale is uplifting, it's hardly the norm.