is gladdening
- present progressive of gladden (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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It is gladdening to find, in such a student, one of the children of light.
From Retrospection and Introspection by Eddy, Mary Baker
O sweet in the sheen of thy raiment, The sight of thy beauty is gladdening!
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
On the religious development of the last thirty years I can find but little that is gladdening, to myself, at any rate, to say.
From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
See, in the valley greens the gracious spring; The warbling bird is gladdening the leaves!
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
It is gladdening to remember that, in its utmost nobleness, the very temper which has been thought most averse to it, the Protestant temper of self-dependence and inquiry, were expressed in every case.
From Health and Education by Kingsley, Charles
