How to Use encouraging in a Sentence

encouraging

adjective
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  • We've just heard some encouraging news.
  • The artists are encouraging: Perfection is not the point, but love.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Ukraine’s advances are encouraging, but Mr. Putin’s threat to the world is far from over.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • After some encouraging words from some teammates, Jones grabbed a tablet and started going over plays.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Inside, this journal has encouraging quotes, helpful tips and 52 prompts to inspire a more zen life.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, wage growth came in below what investors and analysts had forecast, an encouraging sign for the path of inflation.
    — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Experts continue to point to the need for more housing to ease the inventory shortage but the latest numbers are not encouraging.
    — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • But the over-all record of technocratic innovations like the Afghan Fund is not encouraging.
    — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2022
  • While far from stellar in normal times, this result is being hailed as an encouraging sign for the country’s still sagging post-pandemic theatrical sector.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Her parents, having observed her natural charisma and flair for storytelling, were encouraging.
    — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Although these industrial programs are in too early a phase to pass final judgment on, and there are a few signs of progress, the results so far are generally not encouraging.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The results were not very encouraging for carmakers, as more than half of the 23 cars tested either failed to detect the dummy or took too long to slow down during the nighttime test.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • But even my conversations with faculty members were encouraging.
    — John Rau, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Start by asking for your strengths, then follow up by inquiring about your areas for improvement and change, and end by asking for an encouraging statement that will help you to feel confident to take on your challenge.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • But while the deceleration may be an encouraging sign, Rubin says it’s always difficult to forecast where the economy is going.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And that’s not an encouraging sign for Allen and the Bills, three games from their end goal of the Super Bowl.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Perhaps the most encouraging sign from the receivers has been the emergence of the players on the bottom of the depth chart.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Use the encouraging words to get through a tough morning.
    — Andy Garbacz, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Your queen of spades is wasted, but the rest of your hand is encouraging.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The big phones haven’t gotten any bigger over the past couple of years, and the slight shrinking of the 15 Pro is an encouraging sign.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But the most encouraging part of Povich’s outing weren’t the 14 swings and misses or even the zero in the runs column.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • But the way his teammates stood around him in shock didn’t look encouraging.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The studies that have been done so far, though, are encouraging.
    — jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But for the Fed, there were other encouraging signs that the cool-down is broad enough to prove sustainable.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • There is more work to do on this front, but these findings are encouraging.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Recent signs of a pushback against ESG have been encouraging, but there is a long, long way to go.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Mar. 2023
  • But the two games since he’s returned have been encouraging.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
  • After some doubts about his future, Levi ended the episode in a good place with the help of some encouraging words from Link.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The signs, city officials said, were both encouraging and a reminder of the challenges to come.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In the bond market, Treasury yields rose after the latest encouraging reports on the U.S. economy.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

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