Encouraging is an English word with synonyms like supporting or hopeful. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Encouraging in a sentence
Related words
Encouraging meaning
- Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
- Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
Synonyms of Encouraging
Using Encouraging
- The main meaning on this page is: Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. | Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
- Useful related words include: exhortative, supporting, discouraging, reassuring.
- In the example corpus, encouraging often appears in combinations such as: is encouraging, and encouraging, an encouraging.
Example sentences (20)
I have stacks of encouraging hand-drawn pictures and words of encouragement — some with misspellings that put a smile on my face — and many Bible verses — all so very encouraging — from children in the community.
That is a similarly encouraging takeaway to my run defense stat study on Lee in 2023, showing encouraging durability after dealing with injury earlier in his career.
According to Ontario's Critical Minerals Strategy the government is encouraging mineral recovery from mining waste.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the yields have been encouraging, standing at 26 bags per acre.
Additionally, HR should take advantage of leadership program graduates by encouraging them to apply for internal promotions.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose to £39.9million, up from £14.3million, it said, thanks to 'encouraging revenue growth in all four client segments'.
Ads for alcohol brand Litty Liquor have been banned for featuring the under-25-year-old rapper ArrDee and encouraging excessive and irresponsible drinking.
Advocate for Transparency: Encouraging transparency and accountability in government is key to preventing corruption and ensuring that individuals are able to recover their money.
Aesha later admitted she was wrong for encouraging Magda to call Jamie a word he didn't like.
After forming a rebound rally that looked encouraging, resistance held and now the beleaguered regional banks have come down to a big support test.
After my own struggles, I'm committed to showing my sons different versions of strength and beauty, encouraging them to acknowledge their body for what it can help them do, not how it looks.
After your stay at the sober living community ends, it is encouraging to stay in contact with the rehab center through an alumni or graduate program.
A.I.R. is committed to encouraging relation between professionals, aspiring, and talented amateurs to work together in a collaborative environment ALL learning from and respecting each other.
A local MP is encouraging those on keypad electricity accounts to make sure they have up-to-date photographic ID, to ensure they can avail of the government’s energy support payment.
Also encouraging, BRX has $400 million in remaining development pipeline that's expected to generate an even higher average incremental NOI yield of 9%.
Although retail is down supermarket spend is improving, which is encouraging too.
A: My target, when i came in was to set up the Ombudsman Radio and probably get along with it Ombudsman TV as well, to get the Commission sit properly, because when I came in, the condition of the Commission was not very encouraging.
An allocation of Rs 300.7 crore has been made in the budget for teaching, promoting and encouraging the youth in regional languages.
An animal charity is encouraging people to shop local this weekend.
Anderson marked the anniversary Tuesday by encouraging people who are hurting to reach out for help.
Common combinations with encouraging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is encouraging 27×
- and encouraging 13×
- an encouraging 11×
- encouraging people 9×
- encouraging and 9×
- encouraging the 8×
- very encouraging 7×
- was encouraging 7×
- encouraging to 7×
- by encouraging 6×