Want to use Encouraging correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like supporting or hopeful.

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Encouraging in a sentence

Encouraging | Encouraged | Encourages | Encouragingly | Encourager

Encouraging meaning

  1. Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
  2. Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.

Synonyms of Encouraging

exhortative supporting discouraging reassuring hopeful helpful rallying promotive inspiriting heartening hortatory hortative exhortatory supportive

Example sentences (20)

According to Ontario's Critical Minerals Strategy the government is encouraging mineral recovery from mining waste.

At one point the rapper even puts the microphone to the little one’s mouth, jokingly encouraging them to sing along.

Creating an environment encouraging ethical behavior is crucial for building ethical leadership in organizations.

Do you think people are crazy for not liking this or are the real crazy people the ones who are encouraging this?

And in Long Beach, the city was encouraging residents to report downed trees to its public works department.

Either way, Dooku casually encouraging a youngling to walk a dark path clearly shows where his future allegiances will lie.

Additionally, HR should take advantage of leadership program graduates by encouraging them to apply for internal promotions.

Cooke said the largely peaceful gathering and lack of arrests on Sunday was “certainly encouraging” for future applications.

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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the yields have been encouraging, standing at 26 bags per acre.

And yes, that might include encouraging them not to take legal action on a regular basis as it rarely turns out well for anyone.

And so, that's encouraging that it feels like in some of these markets, we've established the bottom.

And that in itself is encouraging because that’s what the former Salford man built his Albion reputation on – a top link striker.

But, it was an encouraging for the Cavaliers, and to reiterate, Allen being back in the fold was an additional positive takeaway.

Anderson marked the anniversary Tuesday by encouraging people who are hurting to reach out for help.

As he pushes through injuries, Caleb Martin already has made encouraging inroads in his role as the Heat’s starting power forward.

At the same time, there is encouraging progress in elements of our portfolio and promising signals emerging in the broader market.

Derry City's latest signing Ben Doherty encouraging his team-mates during Monday's training session.

As part of the plan, the government is encouraging the public to amend its behaviour patterns and avoid wasting national resources.

An allocation of Rs 300.7 crore has been made in the budget for teaching, promoting and encouraging the youth in regional languages.

As word spread over the weekend, Alchemist shared an encouraging message for his creative partner.

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Common combinations with encouraging

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • is encouraging 27×
  • and encouraging 13×
  • an encouraging 11×
  • encouraging people
  • encouraging and
  • encouraging the
  • very encouraging
  • was encouraging
  • encouraging to
  • by encouraging

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "encouraging" in a sentence?
An example: "According to Ontario's Critical Minerals Strategy the government is encouraging mineral recovery from mining waste." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "encouraging" from real English texts.
What does "encouraging" mean?
Encouraging means: Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
What are synonyms of "encouraging"?
Common synonyms of "encouraging" include: exhortative, supporting, discouraging, reassuring, hopeful, helpful, rallying, promotive. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "encouraging" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "encouraging", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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