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- verb Present participle of
gladden .
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Plus, as David Clines informs us in his book On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967-1998, the Old Testament is riddled with the same association as the surrounding 'pagan' religions where "wine is referred to as gladdening the heart".
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Plus, as David Clines informs us in his book On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967-1998, the Old Testament is riddled with the same association as the surrounding 'pagan' religions where "wine is referred to as gladdening the heart".
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His path, it is true, was choked with difficulties, but his body and soul were hardened to meet them; it was beset with dangers, but these were the very spice of his life, gladdening his heart with exulting self-confidence, and sending the blood through his veins with a livelier current.
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His path, it is true, was choked with difficulties, but his body and soul were hardened to meet them; it was beset with dangers, but these were the very spice of his life, gladdening his heart with exulting self-confidence, and sending the blood through his veins with a livelier current.
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A more substantial problem is the show's nearly three-hour length; Johnson may need to trim some of his funny, soul-gladdening lines before "Sanctified" truly earns a theatrical halo.
Theater review of 'Sanctified' at the Lincoln Theatre Celia Wren 2010
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The exception would have been as maddening as it was gladdening.
Mood swing at Arsenal leaves Arsène Wenger needing silverware | Kevin McCarra 2011
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Meanwhile, more zestfully to greet December, here are a few gladdening also‑rans to note for your Christmas wishlist:The trickle of books to mark next summer in east London will soon become a flood but so far easily the most vivid and exuberant is Martin Polley's The British Olympics 1612‑2012 £17.99, latest impeccable and glistening little gem from Simon Inglis's occasional and lustrous English Heritage series.
William Hill must be brought to book for sport prize's lack of joy | Frank Keating 2011
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On the other hand, the Orbit paperback cover has that eye-gladdening ‘Thames Hospicecare 50p’ sticker.
Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time 11: Knife of Dreams (2005) Adam Roberts 2010
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On the other hand, the Orbit paperback cover has that eye-gladdening ‘Thames Hospicecare 50p’ sticker.
Archive 2010-06-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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It was with some trepidation that I opened her gladdening reply, which read: Dear brother, thank you for helping me to think.
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