How to Use encouraging in a Sentence

encouraging

adjective

• We've just heard some encouraging news.
• The most encouraging part of that stat-line is the 3-point shooting.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Mar. 2022
• That would be a lot to ask of any team, but there are some encouraging signs.
  — Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• And that’s not an encouraging sign for Allen and the Bills, three games from their end goal of the Super Bowl.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
• To be able to kick into a new gear in one of the last games of the season is an encouraging sign.
  — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
• Perhaps the most encouraging sign from the receivers has been the emergence of the players on the bottom of the depth chart.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
• For Ukrainians, the news from the front lines is not encouraging.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
• Use the encouraging words to get through a tough morning.
  — Andy Garbacz, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Your queen of spades is wasted, but the rest of your hand is encouraging.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Ukraine’s advances are encouraging, but Mr. Putin’s threat to the world is far from over.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
• The big phones haven’t gotten any bigger over the past couple of years, and the slight shrinking of the 15 Pro is an encouraging sign.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
• But the most encouraging part of Povich’s outing weren’t the 14 swings and misses or even the zero in the runs column.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
• But the way his teammates stood around him in shock didn’t look encouraging.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• The signals sent by the market gyrations of the past few months are not encouraging for the short term.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 May 2022
• The studies that have been done so far, though, are encouraging.
  — jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• If Broadway is a testing ground for trends in the rest of the country, the numbers there are not encouraging.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• But for the Fed, there were other encouraging signs that the cool-down is broad enough to prove sustainable.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• There is more work to do on this front, but these findings are encouraging.
  — Liz Elting, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• So for Caminero to come up in mid-August, show well and get better was encouraging to the Rays — and promising for 2025.
  — Marc Topkin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2024
• Recent signs of a pushback against ESG have been encouraging, but there is a long, long way to go.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Mar. 2023
• The artists are encouraging: Perfection is not the point, but love.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• But the two games since he’s returned have been encouraging.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
• After some doubts about his future, Levi ended the episode in a good place with the help of some encouraging words from Link.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
• The signs, city officials said, were both encouraging and a reminder of the challenges to come.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• The 16th play of an encouraging drive — and incredibly, the 10th from inside the red zone.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
• Michael says the recent play of Chauncey Golston and Osa Odighizuwa is encouraging.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
• So far, the few signs coming out of the White House have been encouraging for the socialist strongman.
  — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
• For Molyneux, this was among the more encouraging results.
  — The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2022
• Despite the caveat of being a small group of patients and a very early trial, Pant said, the results are encouraging.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
• Still, investors expect that the market’s resilience thus far this year is encouraging.
  — Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025