How to Use encouraging in a Sentence

encouraging

adjective
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  • We've just heard some encouraging news.
  • 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 | Mheim@al.com, 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
  • The 16th play of an encouraging drive — and incredibly, the 10th from inside the red zone.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Michael says the recent play of Chauncey Golston and Osa Odighizuwa is encouraging.
    — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • And so far, experts say, the returns on those fronts are not encouraging.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Drury started to show some encouraging signs of coming out of his slump last week, but since then he’s gone 1 for 15.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
  • That could be taken as encouraging news, but his status for the start of the postseason remains up in the air.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
  • For those wondering if now is a good time to retire, here’s some encouraging news: The 4% rule is back.
    — Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • For decades, the students have held encouraging signs and cheered on the runners who pass by the Wellesley campus at the race’s halfway point.
    — Taylor Dutch, SELF, 24 Oct. 2022
  • That was an encouraging sign, but as of now, there has been no further movement in public on a list.
    — The Editors, National Review, 14 May 2024
  • Jones and Cooper getting to the quarterback on back-to-back plays is a encouraging sign.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Prime Video took home the most statuettes at the event, an encouraging sign of its growing cachet with talent across the region.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There’s more encouraging progress in the effort to lighten up wine by reducing the weight of bottles.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Hunt said what police are doing, in this case, is encouraging and a long time coming.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The first look nonetheless was encouraging, with Oladokun among those who had high praise for Worthy.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • 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
  • In polling released yesterday, Harris received encouraging news in Pennsylvania, arguably the most pivotal state for either candidate, but a was dealt a blow in Arizona.
    — Avery Lotz, Axios, 13 Oct. 2024

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