was encouraging
- past progressive of encourage.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, in our poll, it was encouraging that most respondents didn't seem to want to burn their locality down.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it was encouraging to some investors given IBM’s struggles the prior decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The charity Muscular Dystrophy UK welcomed Monday's debate, saying it was "encouraging and moving to hear many MPs speaking passionately about SMA newborn screening".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Essex said a reacceleration in software growth was encouraging, even as the government shutdown weighed on bookings and growth at Red Hat, the Linux software provider, which IBM acquired in 2019.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
It was still far below the 200,000 daily visitors the fair’s planners originally had dreamed of, but the trend was encouraging.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
