has gladdened

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  of gladden (3rd person singular).
  gladden

  verb (used with object)

  to make glad.

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has gladdened

They certainly remind us of the optimism, innocence and joy with which America has gladdened the world since the big screen's inception.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013

As releasing agent for Walt Disney productions, it has gladdened the hearts of both; and such RKO-produced pictures as Top Hat and Kitty Foyle have clicked with both critics and box office.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has gladdened more hearts than he knows by the noble promise of his early days. 

From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte

This so good news has gladdened these islands.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

What I have seen has gladdened my eyes and warmed my heart.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong

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