Example Sentences

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“It’s definitely in a lot of guys’ minds, that’s for sure,” said Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, adding that the Cardinals’ news had been discouraging.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

He also pointed a finger at the media, suggesting journalists had been discouraging people from attending.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

For the couple, the process had been discouraging; four years of treatments at three fertility clinics in Maryland and Virginia between 2006 and 2010 and multiple miscarriages.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2013

But he also believes that a revived black civic culture had been discouraging crime, and priming the ground for an Obama, for years.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2011

His personal experience of life had been discouraging.

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond