DISCOURAGING in a Sentence

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1. She was discouraged in her marriage.
2. A spell of tough luck discouraged him.
3. But the Judge had a most discouraging way of fluctuating.
4. Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely.
5. Union activity was officially tolerated but strongly discouraged.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCOURAGING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
discouraging
 a.  causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1  Well, my dear, if I DID take all your notions seriously, it would be pretty discouraging.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
2  It is also a remarkable and discouraging fact that the majority of such scoundrels are Negroes who have received educational advantages at the hands of the white taxpayers.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In V
3  He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
4  Duncan, who had already swung eagerly forward, drew instantly back on hearing these discouraging words.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
5  He would listen to the most pathetic appeals with the most discouraging politeness and equanimity.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I.
8  I think no one remark ever came so near discouraging me as that one.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X.
9  But the Judge had a most discouraging way of fluctuating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  Leaving the others to console Beth, she departed to the kitchen, which was in a most discouraging state of confusion.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
11  I passed three days in a luxury of wretchedness, torturing myself by putting every conceivable variety of discouraging construction on all that ever had taken place between Dora and me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
12  Every evening when he called at her house, weary and discouraged, she was tireless in her tactful, helpful suggestions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
13  There was that about his grim one-eyed face which discouraged curiosity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
14  They seemed to have no pasts or futures, and they politely discouraged Scarlett when, to make conversation, she asked what or where they were before they came to New Orleans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
15  And when Ashley came home, sick, discouraged, without a home, without a cent in his pockets, she took him in like a sister.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
2  Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely.
3  Sexual discrimination is seen to be an important factor in discouraging women from careers in engineering.
4  Human rights watch says that the US is discouraging popular to support for its war on terror by supporting oppressive regimes in countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
5  Union activity was officially tolerated but strongly discouraged.
6  Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and can't make a change.
7  A spell of tough luck discouraged him.
8  Don't be discouraged; it's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
9  My father is a lawyer, and he discouraged me from entering the field.
10  She was discouraged in her marriage.
11  The end result of using this method is that learners leave the classroom discouraged.
12  Rather than get discouraged, the architect saw great potential in the dilapidated house.
13  After over a year of uncertain temp jobs, a once-buoyant optimist had become rightfully discouraged.
14  Davi was born without fully developed limbs but he's not been discouraged, despite the haphazard nature of facilities in Brazil; "Sport is my life because without sport I'm not Davi, " he said, brimming with confidence.
15  He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.