gladden
verb (used with object)
to make glad.
was gladdening
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past progressiveof gladden.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I’m not wild about most of these movies, but seeing their posters assembled on nomination day was gladdening.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
The ultralucidity of Ashley Bouder, Andrew Veyette, Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin and Ana Sophia Scheller in “Divertimento No. 15,” a ballet that can easily pale into insignificance, was gladdening.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2010
His agitation grew until the bell summoned him to the chapel, and the sound was gladdening on account of the companionship it promised.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
In this happy condition of things, winter had come and passed away, and spring, with its fresh green shoots and its blue sky, was gladdening the joyous inmates of the castle.
From Undine by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
In this happy condition of things winter had come and passed away, and spring with its fresh green shoots and its blue sky was gladdening the joyous inmates of the castle.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
