How To Use Heartening In A Sentence
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What became clear was just how many brides found it disheartening.
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The Golden Bears had lost to Arizona and Southern California in disheartening fashion before beating rival Stanford and then the Aggies
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It's heartening to know that not all Mexicans are in thrall to the mighty Christmas tree and still put up nacimientos in their homes!
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There seem to be some new leads which is heartening news.
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I found it a really disheartening process.
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His friend overlooks her disheartening daily experience because she is transfixed by the status and desirability of her job.
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How heartening it is in these cruel and trite times to know that real talent may still receive its just reward.
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It's heartening to see her perspiring; she isn't just breezing through the workout.
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Such heartening gestures are subtle but meaningful tokens of unity.
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China - EU trade and economic cooperation has yielded heartening fruits.
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In ‘And Now for Something Completely Northern: Institutions of Governance in the Territorial North,’ Graham White offers the heartening possibility that there are indeed viable political options beyond the status quo.
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This is generally heartening news for snow devotees; but where will the last great blizzards on Earth happen?
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What a heartening response without any of the standard political doublespeak.
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And it was heartening to see Synod commended this pragmatic approach.
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Aside from snark, I find it very heartening, actually.
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It is very disheartening to read all these admonitions to this nascent antiwar movement saying that the participants are somehow being unserious.
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They rejoiced in the change, not merely from sympathy with the disinthralled negroes, but because it had emancipated them from a disheartening surveillance, and opened new fields of usefulness.
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The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance.
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The heartening news for them is that it's surprisingly easy to turn an underperforming co-operative around.
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Despite all of these challenges for dads and daughters, there are heartening signs.
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It's heartening news for Western culture.
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There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas.
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So I took the said flask and went my ways hastily to my own chamber, and there I looked at the said flask and took out the stopple; and there was a liquor therein, white like to water, but of a spicy smell, sweet, fresh, and enheartening.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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And it was heartening to see Synod commended this pragmatic approach.
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It makes a hearteningly optimistic ending to what is often a remarkably sad book.
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It is so disheartening to hear inexcusable statements such as ‘I regret killing her’.
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One of the most disheartening things was to go into that prison and see a massive carpentry shop - fully equipped and fully tooled - empty.
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Few things are more disheartening than watching arrangements you've carefully nurtured come apart.
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It's a disheartening process, but Mike is keen to acknowledge that the key to success is perseverance and determination.
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For those already mourning the imminent void in jump racing's rich tapestry, there is heartening news.
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Since his heartening first year in the job, convincing, uplifting displays and results have been in short supply.
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The ferment excited those pedagogical leaders who agreed with its direction, but it was disheartening for those teachers and parents who wanted schools and classrooms where the adults were in charge.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. Joseph Joubert
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It was heartening to see so many people at the rally.
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It was heartening to see the huge demonstration of support for democracy and racial tolerance in Vienna recently.
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How heartening to see a measure of self-awareness in a show so lacking in it.
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How disheartening to be so rebuffed from her dream guy.
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It's especially heartening to see 94-year-old Eli Wallach bring the same kind of brio to a small part here as he brought to
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In fact, it's heartening that 90 per cent of registrants so far have said they want to be there for the entire walk.
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Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
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Against the backdrop of the London trial, their win in the UAE, against a side ranked above them, represented a heartening refusal to be steamrollered by events beyond their control.
Pakistan Shows Resilience Amid Turmoil
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So the capable spinmeisters play games, entertain and enthrall with heartening prognostications that deficits will be dissolved by the magic elixir of future growth.
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Junky's tailors are makers, who dive in headfirst, make lots of mistakes quickly, learn and iterate and improve and surprise, and the book and clothes are infused with that heartening spirit.
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So it is heartening to see how the movement against detention is growing.
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It is heartening to see the determination of these young people.
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It was heartening though to see the New Zealanders relishing spicy Indian preparations.
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It is disheartening to see teams at a school where 58 percent of its students are female not have enough players to have substitutes on the bench.
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Few things are more disheartening than witnessing arrangements you've worked hard to organise vanish, and with very little notice.
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Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
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There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas.
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The ensuing public outrage has been heartening, though.
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Either is possible, because the disheartening news about unfilial children still alerts me to the possibility of the son turning his back on his mother.
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To be frank, this was the most heartening gesture of solidarity I heard.
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So it is heartening to see how the movement against detention is growing.
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It's a bit disheartening because I have all these wonderful new roles.
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How heartening it was to witness the hosts of students and their families at the University of York open day recently.
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It's somewhat disheartening that the FemBots' cast-offs earn them more money than their actual records, but MacKinnon and Poirier don't seem to mind, because they know they've just made one beaut of an album.
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I find it very disheartening.
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For those already mourning the imminent void in jump racing's rich tapestry, there is heartening news.
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Wherever his eyes looked, he saw Broad and heartening things.sentence dictionary
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It is, however, heartening that Government has reinforced troops on the border especially where there have been incursions.
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There seem to be some new leads which is heartening news.
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Although this is heartening, we must not overlook the dominant factor at work here.
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What's really disheartening is that the Times feels the need to explain to their readers why their decision to cancel Ann Coulter isn't evidence of some grand liberal bias or conspiracy on their part.
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Sport is one of life's great levellers and it is the source of many a heartening tale.
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This was not technically a route - on most maps it was either unmarked or dishearteningly categorized as 'unsurveyed'.
The Times Literary Supplement
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It's really disheartening to realize where we could be in spaceflight versus where we are.
Tuesday Ted: George Dyson
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After this meeting, there were private discussions with some guesthouse owners and, hearteningly, some non-aligned farmers.
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He said it was very heartening to see such a closely knit family.
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I suppose we could be accused of self-aggrandisement by pointing out that this is more cash per head of population than almost any other country on earth, but it is nevertheless heartening.
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I find it somewhat disheartening that an academic defends Beck, et. al., as not as bad as they couldbe.
The Volokh Conspiracy » In (Limited) Praise of Right-Wing Populism
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There is scope to improve its sourcing - it is slightly disheartening to see that it is purchasing such staples as eggs from Italy.
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It is disheartening for a veracious researcher to debunk this Caspian megalomania.
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It's heartening news for Western culture.
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Perhaps the most heartening news comes from the industrial sector.
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This is generally heartening news for snow devotees; but where will the last great blizzards on Earth happen?
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I found it a really disheartening process.
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Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
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Of course we're not really post-painting any more than we're post-feminist ― both ideas as disheartening as they are offensive.
Lily Blau: The Cow of Art
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It is disheartening and I'm sure there are many more people that are 'gatvol' of government just sitting back with their exorbitant salaries and letting these strikers be.
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It was heartening to see so many parents travel for the games, all seemingly excited and thrilled by performances.
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You know, when a general uses the word disheartening in a time of war, that is something to pay attention to.
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One hears the disheartening sound of doors closing and catches a waft of stale air.
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It's been heartening to see how much support she has received.
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In the urban setting, where most of us live the most heartening thing I keep coming across is tarmac, and kids playing on it.
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It's disheartening that the Prime Minister's thoughts don't necessarily mesh with her political reality.
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Few things are more disheartening than seeing plans or ideas that are dear to your heart being challenged, if not demolished.
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It is heartening to know that road casualties present no substantial threat to the toads at this particular lake.
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But what was more disheartening than watching a defense that a lot of people, myself included, believed had shown signs of evolving into a championship caliber unit, be picked apart like a beignet was the Patriots downright un-Patriotic play in all three phrases of the game, from poor throws to busted coverages to missed field goals.
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The Golden Bears had lost to Arizona and Southern California in disheartening fashion before beating rival Stanford and then the Aggies (9-4).
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Few things are more disheartening than watching arrangements you've carefully nurtured come apart.
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They have built ‘a delightful, heartening oasis for average to bright children hindered by dyslexia or dyspraxia, who require an intimate, industrious and caring environment.’
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It is therefore heartening to see a new state-of-the-art suite of micros to be used entirely for adult education, at Bunyan Upper School.
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The sight of grown men hurling abuse at someone who had voluntarily given up a Saturday morning to referee a kids match is truly disheartening for everyone involved.
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There is scope to improve its sourcing - it is slightly disheartening to see that it is purchasing such staples as eggs from Italy.
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It also showed that Samir isn't a player to be easily cowed, which is also heartening.
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Few things are more disheartening than witnessing arrangements you've worked hard to organise vanish, and with very little notice.
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Even though my passion for the hunt has largely run dry, isn't it heartening to know that in this day and age, we still have the ability to conjure up our own sets of imaginary flying monkeys, whether they're celestial baboons attempting to steal one's thoughts, or, as I like to think of them, winged capuchins tinkering with the PPM of our city's water.
Martin Marks: In Soft Water
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What I find disheartening is the 'mean spirited nature' of so many comments on this and other sites.
Clinton: No cause for alarm
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Despite losing its previous two games to Arizona and USC in disheartening fashion, Cal is headed to the Holiday Bowl to play Texas A&M on Dec. 28.
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Somehow that statistic came to be portrayed as a bad thing, when in fact it is a heartening trend.
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It is all the more heartening when one considers that the learning environment is less than ideal.
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Though it may seem disheartening to think that this amazing band was greatly a product of a master plan, try to think of it in terms of them being the product of a great idea, or the dreams of a visionary, because that is closer to the truth.
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That was pretty discouraging and disheartening to see that happening, and it happened repeatedly.
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The other heartening factor is that so many guys have shown what they can do.
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Who has not caught the sunbeam asleep in the mere washhand basin as water was poured out for the mere daily toilet -- and felt that heartening gratitude for the symbol of captured joy, which made the instant typic and immortal?
Browning's Heroines
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The heartening news for them is that it's surprisingly easy to turn an underperforming co-operative around.
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How heartening to see a measure of self-awareness in a show so lacking in it.
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But what I did find disheartening is being reminded just how many people don't even try to think about or rethink their preconceptions.
Fanboys Are Stupid, But You Are Not - Anil Dash
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But yes, the trend in covers is really disheartening, - especially - when used to push stories that don't really belong in that market!
"Quell the rage that deeply seethes, the extremes of these devotions."
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Since his heartening first year in the job, convincing, uplifting displays and results have been in short supply.
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After this meeting, there were private discussions with some guesthouse owners and, hearteningly, some non-aligned farmers.
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IT'S a disheartening statistic for any aspiring actor: most will spend about 80 per cent of their working life "resting".
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It's disheartening to see what little progress has been made.
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Mary Doherty in her treasurer's report gave some heartening news as there was a sound credit balance.
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The erudition is dexterously deployed, with a heartening leaven of demotic obscenity.
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Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
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`It's heartening to see the new authorities have even more respect than I do for the rule of law," he muttered under his breath.
DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
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How heartening to see a measure of self-awareness in a show so lacking in it.
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Rugeley is the worst of these; for it seems to have fallen back - from the staring red brick, perfectly modern, outworks that can get nothing to do - upon the old village street, which is built of sad, sullen-looking dirty-brown stone, miserable without the once-adjoining fields, and most disheartening to the passenger from the utterly unprosperous look of the place.
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She plays an extraordinary Isolde, right up until the finale - a heartening model of highly dramatic relaxedness and brilliance.
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For those already mourning the imminent void in jump racing's rich tapestry, there is heartening news.
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That afternoon, we received some heartening news.
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Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I dont know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and thats a very disheartening feeling. Drew Barrymore
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Fascinating and sad - but so heartening to see humans helping each other.
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It's a bit disheartening because I have all these wonderful new roles.
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Their devotion to simple lifestyles and preserving the frontier character of their town is heartening.
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A disheartening scene flashed into view: a barren landscape, fruitless, scorched by a blazing, merciless sun.
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Instead, it became a liability, a disheartening battle of egos between its figureheads and led to attendant galvanization along the lines of high culture versus low among the population at large.
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At a time when football seems to be all about the Premiership, how heartening to see the game is so full of life one rung down.
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How heartening it is in these cruel and trite times to know that real talent may still receive its just reward.
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Fascinating and sad - but so heartening to see humans helping each other.
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IT'S HEARTENING TO LEARN ABOUT choreographers who snag a plum full-time job at a college or university.
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The weeks from Vienna to the 22 nd Party Congress had nevertheless been cruel and disheartening.
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It's been heartening to see how much support she has received.
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That afternoon, we received some heartening news.
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walty" -- inclined to roll -- that the captain set off with misgiving, and as she moved away the crew heard this solemn and disheartening invocation from a clergyman on the wharf: -- "Lord, if it be thy pleasure to bury these, our friends, in the bottom of the sea, take them; they are thine: save them.
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It is heartening in the age of multiplexes and blockbusters to find a filmmaker who commits to cinematic honesty with the conviction of a convert.
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Perhaps the most heartening news comes from the industrial sector.
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It is heartening to see her receiving the attention she deserves.
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Darkness had fallen when the little party commenced to resaddle their ponies and in the midst of their labors there came a rude and disheartening interruption.
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In Sarajevo, especially, you can see the country's ethnic groups reknitting old ties -- not necessarily warmly, but with a heartening mutual acceptance.
Bosnia Reborn
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For those who think the appreciation of old clocks will decline, Jeff has heartening news.
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It is heartening to see a reaction against modern society's safety-first attitude towards child-rearing.
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It is not awful, but its steady flow of roots rock near-misses is, at the very least, disheartening.
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Spain routed struggling newcomer Ukraine 4-0 Wednesday, a sizzling start in search of a title after 11 futile, often disheartening attempts.
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Aided by a tigerish back row, the Scottish players put their bodies on the line in a heartening show of courage and commitment.
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It is heartening to see her receiving the attention she deserves.
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In Shanghai, news about ailing octogenarians abandoned by their children is disheartening, gnawing at the consciences of upright people.
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It must be disheartening work learning a musical instrument.
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It is a heartening trend, and ample proof that youngsters are looking to follow the footsteps of achievers who conquer new domains.
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`Minister, we do all understand your difficulties, and the financial hints are heartening, of course.
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The heartening thing about this (bishops, take note) was that padre could preach on this and he was well-received.
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We _can_ attack here with more men and more munitions than the enemy the very moment we care to accept the principle that, _at this moment_, Constantinople and the heartening up of Russia and ascendency amongst the Balkan States are not only the true positive objectives of our strategy, but are the sole strategical stunts upon the board.
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Few things are more disheartening than seeing plans or ideas that are dear to your heart being challenged, if not demolished.
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One gets that disheartening impression that the Caucus posters relish in subtly amplifying the FOX News “flip-flopper” meme.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. Joseph Joubert
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At a time when football seems to be all about the Premiership, how heartening to see the game is so full of life one rung down.
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It's quite disheartening for a peely-wally Scot, but it sure is easy on the eye.
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Front, Churchill in his latest push had expressed unshaken confidence in the allied conduct of the war, and Roosevelt according to a recent speech was supremely optimistic as to the final outcome of the conflict, all very vague and unsubstantial, but, heartening, never the less.
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It is always heartening, as well, to see an English person's eyes opening to the charms and idiosyncrasies of a country which first-time visitors still sometimes assume is merely an extension of their own.
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The ensuing public outrage has been heartening, though.
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It must be heartening for the company to enjoy such royal favour; they richly deserve it.
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One hears the disheartening sound of doors closing and catches a waft of stale air.
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The chairman said it was heartening to the food and modern services sector as the main engines of growth in these areas.
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Equally disheartening is the fact that the Iranian authorities are repressing women in a far more dangerous and direct way than passing draconian "family protection" laws: dozens, if not hundreds of women's rights activists have been personally targeted for arrest or extralegal attacks.
Shayan Ghajar: Iranian Women Poised for Major Setback
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I go all misty eyed when I read hard scientific stuff… my brain fogs over, so to hear that you also find his work interesting is heartening.
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Although certain businesses have donated paint, wood offcuts and other items over the year, he said it was disheartening to see the lack of interest by the public.
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This is disheartening as I am merely a dork, which I define as being interested in geeky and nerdy things yet lacking adequate intelligence to be proficient in them.
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For those already mourning the imminent void in jump racing's rich tapestry, there is heartening news.
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She has a rather disheartening editorial about the expurgation from educational textbooks anything that could possibly give offense to people.
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It is also heartening that he feels he can now speak publicly without making his life as a rugby player any harder.
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I find it very disheartening.
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Khalifah took his meaning and heartening his heart and summoning spirit replied, “By Him who bestowed upon thee the succession to thy cousin, 256 I know her not in anywise and have had no commerce with her save by way of sight and speech!”
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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It is heartening that the Court was, in the end, unpersuaded by the Executive's claim that it must have the unilateral powers it had arrogated to itself because we are in the midst of the war on terror.
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Who has not caught the sunbeam asleep in the mere washhand basin as water was poured out for the mere daily toilet -- and felt that heartening gratitude for the symbol of captured joy, which made the instant typic and immortal?
Browning's Heroines
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Far from depressing me or driving me away from the faith, I found these controversies enormously heartening.
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But, that being so, it would be heartening if the rest of the world could muster a serious response to the guy.
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How heartening it is to see that, just occasionally, the good people can still Make It Big, for all the right reasons.
