take heart

idiomatic phrase

: to gain courage or confidence : to begin to feel better and more hopeful

Take heart; things will get better soon.

While teams like the Indians and the Red Sox face grueling Septembers, the A's … can take heart in having survived their most difficult stretch.—

Sports Illustrated

Movements against any form of repression can take heart from a historical method that demonstrates that much of what has been produced by history can also be dismantled.—

Nicholas B. Dirks

Examples of take heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web American conservatives can take note and take heart. —

Henry Olsen, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023 For now, the Pentagon can take heart from several factors. —

IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2019 If things have felt blocked or stalled lately, take heart! —

Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 Weary influencers, take heart: The intersection of Dumbo’s Washington Street and Water Street is getting a bench. —

Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023 But compared with the placebo group, the rate of major heart problems was slightly lower in the vitamin D group, especially for those who were already taking heart medicines like statins at the beginning of the study. —

Good Housekeeping, 30 July 2023 The uplifting news is that athletics on every level have taken heart health and the possibility of incidents such as Bronny’s and Hamlin’s more seriously. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023 Tomato lovers take heart, this isn't the end of the story. —

Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023 The case has been tied up in court since, and RGGI opponents are taking heart from Virginia’s action. —

Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 July 2023 See More

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