Example Sentences

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The thought that the Fellows of the Harvard Corporation would be enjoying dinner in a room filled with his paintings is not something that would have gladdened his heart.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2015

While stock splits have gladdened many a stockholder, they have produced a good deal of misunderstanding and confusion among others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Image To the collection of doodads on the desk of Doodaddict Franklin D. Roosevelt was added a thingamajig that would have gladdened the heart of any patriotic hex.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sea lions felt it and their barking took on a tone and a cadence that would have gladdened the heart of St. Francis.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

It had been laid out, Ashlock informed me, by Sir John Rookley's father, and with a taste so fantastic as would have gladdened Sir William Temple himself.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)