encouragement

noun en·cour·age·ment \ in-ˈkər-ij-mənt , -ˈkə-rij- , en- \

|Updated on: 24 Jun 2018

Examples: encouragement in a Sentence

Definition of encouragement

1 : the act of encouraging : the state of being encouraged

2 : something that encourages

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Examples of encouragement in a Sentence

Our aim is the encouragement of investment.
the encouragement of plant growth
teachers who give their students a lot of encouragement
With support and encouragement from their parents, the students organized a fundraiser.
They offered him gifts of money and other encouragements.

Recent Examples of encouragement from the Web

Organizers had hoped to give letters of encouragement to the fathers in detention at the facility.

— marek mazurek, BostonGlobe.com, "Protests organize Father’s Day vigil for ICE detainees," 18 June 2018
The news of Bale's post-Madrid ambitions will have offered encouragement to Manchester United's Jose Mourinho.

— SI.com, "Man Utd on Red Alert as Gareth Bale Reportedly Wants PL Return if He Quits Real Madrid This Summer," 10 June 2018
Given a reprieve by his chairman, Jacobson was getting support and encouragement from Fujifilm.

— shawn tully, Fortune, "Paper Jam! How Carl Icahn And a Billionaire Partner Blocked Xerox’s Merger with Fujifilm," 21 May 2018
President Donald Trump may have offered unlikely encouragement to California voters last week not to overturn the state’s controversial gas tax hike that Democrats pushed through last year.

— tony bizjak, sacbee, "Trump road plan may help Democrats defend controversial California gas tax hike," 19 Feb. 2018
Heath, who has been at Ramsay for three years, was right there, catching the fancy footwork on video and giving encouragement to protege.

— carol robinson, AL.com, "Hip-hop cop? Birmingham school resource officer dances at Ramsay's senior cookout," 26 Oct. 2017
Then there is the encouragement that comes from other, less obvious quarters.

— david ekerdt, WSJ, "In Defense of the Not-So-Busy Retirement," 22 Apr. 2018
The most visible of the town’s sustainability efforts are the encouragements to drive less.

— eva botkin-kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, "In the Sunshine State, a vision for a sustainable town," 13 Mar. 2018
That's why there was some encouragement about how the team played and what that can mean moving forward.

— chris fedor, cleveland.com, "Tyronn Lue: Cavaliers' loss against Wizards a 'learning experience,' team still figuring out offense," 23 Feb. 2018

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