How to Use discourage in a Sentence

discourage

verb
Definition of discouragenext
Synonyms for discouragenext
  • Try not to let losing discourage you.
  • That type of behavior ought to be discouraged.
  • The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.
  • He claims the new regulations will discourage investment.
  • Grass helps keep the soil moist and the mix of plants discourages pest outbreaks.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Fortune Asia, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The best way to go about it is to not discourage them and show them other options that will also look great on them.
    — Akili King, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Getting rid of fun colors and flavors could be a way to discourage kids from using them.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 10 May 2023
  • The think tank discouraged Sunak from paying subsides in order to bring business back.
    — Meghann Dyke, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2023
  • Paich: Working on that film discouraged me a little bit from working on films.
    — Max Evry, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Certainly can’t blame them for choosing to stay home during weather that would have discouraged Nanook of the North.
    — Gail Collins, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • And don't feel discouraged if this process of gaining greater awareness isn't always smooth-going.
    — Becca Stanek, theweek, 19 Jan. 2024
  • According to the suit, Combs showed up to the women’s home days later to discourage them from reporting what happened.
    — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The data discourages such shots, and so teams, increasingly, do too.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Why aren’t higher fares and the threat of recession discouraging travel?
    — Mary Schlangenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • Both of them credited Masterson as a good parent and someone who discouraged the use of drugs in their letters.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Advocates for disabled workers try to hold out hope but are discouraged.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Also, discourage them from blowing their nose for several hours, as even a short, gentle blow can trigger the bleeding again.
    — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
  • They weren’t discouraged by their history, which is marked by similar wagers that were lost.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • Avoiding a bright, warm environment is the best way to prolong a whole head of garlic’s precious life, prevent sprouting, and discourage mold growth.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
  • According to Bloomberg News, the robocalls went out to registered Democrats, and discouraged them from voting, telling them to wait until November.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
  • She and other lawmakers are not yet discouraged by what seems to be the lack of information shared with the insurance department.
    — Maya T. Prabhu, ajc, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Pricing will increase with congestion to discourage gridlock, with signs alerting drivers of fees and wait times.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • Just this week a spate of robocalls in New Hampshire faked Biden’s voice to try to discourage people from participating in the state’s primary election.
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But he was discouraged by the raids on homeless encampments, and by aspects of Adams’s criminal-justice message.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • To add rambunctious herbs such as apple mint, spearmint, and chocolate mint directly to your garden, first submerge a 12-inch pot in the ground, with about an inch of rim above the soil surface, to discourage running stems.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2023
  • Bleak job prospects and intense corporate cultures are also discouraging to young adults who are in their child-bearing years.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The group wants to discourage this self-reinforcing cycle of electing more and more extreme ends of the political spectrum.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Vining tomatoes are commonly grown as cordons, trained to grow upwards with one main stem, with side shoots removed to discourage a more branching form.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 July 2023
  • You might have been discouraged by authority figures taking the wind out of your sails through critique that's more depressing than useful.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • And there was another thing that discouraged time together.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023

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