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encouraging English
Meaning encouraging meaning
What does encouraging mean?
encouraging
Synonyms encouraging synonyms
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Topics encouraging topics
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What words describe something that causes someone to feel good about himself?
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Examples encouraging examples
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Simple sentences
We're encouraging everyone to come.
Tom is encouraging his students.
I am encouraging my brother.
The report is not encouraging sales wise.
I want to draw your attention toward last quarter's results which are very encouraging.
That's encouraging news.
Movie subtitles
Fanny, you oughta be a little encouraging when a prized bachelor begins to show by his haberdashery what he wants you to think about him.
Didn't you play these men one against the other. encouraging each in turn?
I cannot say, however, that the outlook is encouraging.
When I insisted that I didn't want to leave my mission. she made me foolishly happy by encouraging my rebellion.
Surely you're not encouraging me to talk shop?
I guess I'm the only one who's been encouraging her, kind of. Helping her along. as a friend.
I accuse the government of encouraging mobs to violate our privacy. and to make attempts on our lives.
That's encouraging.
I wasn't very encouraging.
Are you encouraging this energetic competition?
That's the first encouraging thing you've said.
Her X-rays aren't encouraging.
There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating. than seeing someone else die.
But I had hoped for more encouraging signs by now.
Encouraging.
He didn't steal the picture. Yes, that's the first encouraging sign I've seen.
It's up to you, but for my dough, you're just encouraging a couple of con men.
That sounds encouraging.
Your hands are light, you talk gentle and encouraging.
You're encouraging the insolent man and his sinful inventions.
Few things are more encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.
And I always believe in encouraging youth.
Well, that's very encouraging to hear.
I guess I'm the only one who's been encouraging her, kind of.
How encouraging.
And Manfred is encouraging it.
The cause may be Manfred Glatz, but it's you who's encouraging the alienation between me and my son.
There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.
Even Fumiko is encouraging me.
They've been encouraging.
Well, that sounds encouraging.
Yes, it's encouraging for me, but bad for you.
I rather draw the line at encouraging this sort of immorality.
News and current affairs
His bill also contains an important provision aimed at encouraging open-source research, which would move the current research model away from secrecy toward sharing.
By encouraging industrial production directly, it is possible to have the upside without the downside.
Their silence on Iraq reflected their apprehension about unwanted alternatives: either support the US plan and risk encouraging Kurdish moves toward an independent state, or oppose the Americans and jeopardize a critical strategic relationship.
Encouraging foreign investment or liberalizing everything and then waiting for things to improve does not work.
And Alan Greenspan egged them to pile on the risk by encouraging these variable-rate mortgages.
Of course, America has been encouraging Sunni leaders in this belief.
Usually, such a vision provides a scenario for the future that is meant to encourage change, though it may also portray the status quo - or the past - as attractive, thereby encouraging resistance to change.
NEW YORK - We know quite a bit about Iran's nuclear program, and what we know is not encouraging.
Arafat presided over a sort of anarchy, encouraging rivalries, undermining other potential leaders, and ensuring that all authority (and money) ran through his hands.
The US dollar would fall substantially - encouraging greater exports - were it not for the fact that foreign central banks are pushing much of that capital right back by buying US government securities.
There is no doubt that global warming is a problem that we should tackle smartly (though our track record so far has not been encouraging).
The question is what can be done about this state of affairs, which contrasts starkly with the encouraging outlook that prevailed just a few years back.
For anti-communists everywhere, the Polish election was extraordinarily encouraging.
Ponzi schemes have managed to produce great profits for their promoters, at least for a while, by encouraging a social contagion of enthusiasm.
We have seen similarly encouraging progress elsewhere.
It is encouraging to note that Burundi's leaders have so far managed to integrate leaders from the opposition and rebel groups into the country's political and military institutions without dismissing incumbents.
Allowing the renminbi to appreciate as a way of encouraging imports may also discourage exports, the traditional motor of Chinese growth.
But the regime, like Franco's dictatorship, did not treat the members of this new middle class like adults, thereby encouraging widespread frustration.
This propped up the dollar and reduced the cost of borrowing for US households, encouraging them to live beyond their means.
One encouraging fact is that developing countries will almost certainly get a larger say in how the Fund is run.
Here, Sweden's experience is encouraging.
Both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have taken encouraging steps to develop new programs and approaches and quickly increase their commitments.
Nevertheless, there are encouraging signs that the minority of sensible voices in this debate are beginning to get the attention they deserve.
Indeed, the precedents of democratic immobility in Asia are hardly encouraging.
Likewise, they must offer sustained support to ongoing national initiatives, thus encouraging further investment and cooperation.