Example Sentences

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"But I would not tell you I am encouraging them to do that. We are just who we are. We stay on our feet."

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

So, here I am, encouraging you to give it a try, too, if you have a PC.

From The Verge • Nov. 25, 2021

“I am encouraging the Clubs to move forward and I trust Tony is doing the same,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2020

“I am encouraging you Catholics to stay with your countrymen,” Pope Francis said in his video message, “to build a society moving toward peace, co-existence and cooperation.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2015

I am happy to think I am encouraging them in a healthy and amusing pastime, which, in the Summer, may in time even rival Lawn Tennis!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 by Various