Perhaps the most heartening gain had been in infant mortality.

Beyond its fairness, the plan's embrace of congestion pricing is most heartening.

On the face of it, the most heartening statistics concern longevity.

What's most heartening about this translation is that it doesn't appear to have been done for any reason.

And, perhaps most heartening of all, there is not always a right or wrong answer.

The most heartening story here is also the most heart-rending.

Perhaps the most heartening parts of the mayor's address concerned the city's poor.

These protests are the most heartening thing I've seen in many years.

Even if the letters had little effect, watching the political establishment rally to protect its own cannot send the most heartening message to the public.

Perhaps most heartening for the city's school system were the semifinalists from schools where science and mathematics is not known as a specialty.