How to Use discourage in a Sentence

discourage

verb

• Try not to let losing discourage you.
• That type of behavior ought to be discouraged.
• The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.
• He claims the new regulations will discourage investment.
• Events have been canceled in an effort to discourage more people from coming to town.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Brittany Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
• In a recent study, researchers found that certain bats buzz like bees…a sound that could discourage owls from eating them.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
• Republicans have said high turnout and short lines in this year's primary elections show that the new law doesn't discourage or restrict voting.
  — Kate Brumback, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022
• The model also says that not seeing a female winner in the past didn't discourage her from applying, or prompt her to prepare for the show in a specific way.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• Doctors strongly discourage illicit drug use by pregnant people.
  — Amy Yurkanin, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2022
• Heathcote acknowledges that some benches are no longer so welcoming—in some cities, they have been redesigned with bumps and dividers to discourage people from sleeping on them.
  — Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
• Mexican officials hope to meet with Trump’s team soon in a bid to discourage mass deportations, Sheinbaum said.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
• The key assumption behind the post-Cold War order has been that economic self-interest would discourage conflict.
  — Paul Podolsky, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
• The government said an eight-month sentence would discourage Papini from ever trying such a scheme again and dissuade others from committing fraud.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
• Many medical groups say that criminal prosecutions discourage women from seeking prenatal care and could lead to more deaths — of pregnant patients and babies.
  — Cary Aspinwall, al, 1 Sep. 2022
• Grass helps keep the soil moist and the mix of plants discourages pest outbreaks.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, Fortune Asia, 25 Mar. 2024
• The first quarter of a mile or so from the trailhead climbs steeply, but don’t be discouraged.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 13 May 2024
• When faced with your true level of progress at present, you could be discouraged and want to give up.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2024
• Screens are not used in the classroom and are discouraged outside of the classroom as well.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
• Lucky for us, Levine is a heel lover herself and doesn’t discourage them.
  — Megan Soria, elle.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• Not even a 5-25 record in her first year at Hebron could discourage her.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• The best way to go about it is to not discourage them and show them other options that will also look great on them.
  — Akili King, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
• For a while the lights at the car wash were turned off at night to discourage groups from gathering, but now they are being left on again, the man said.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
• Rather than being discouraged by the judge’s dismissal, Alioto told Ars that the gamers were pleased by Corley’s order.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
• Getting rid of fun colors and flavors could be a way to discourage kids from using them.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 10 May 2023
• The short-lived but heavy rain did not appear to discourage Phoenix Pride revelers, some of whom could be seen running to the gates as they got poured on.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2022
• Then the loss of such a unit can discourage young people from moving to the area, driving birth numbers even lower.
  — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
• New York officials have tried to discourage honking since at least the 1930s.
  — Erin Nolan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• The think tank discouraged Sunak from paying subsides in order to bring business back.
  — Meghann Dyke, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2023
• Cars are not banned but tamed, with street designs that discourage their use for all but essential trips.
  — Doug Gordon, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
• Yet even as Kasha dies right in front of her, Valya seems more enlightened than discouraged, as if the path that the Bene Gesserit’s founder put her on had been clarified rather than laid to waste.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024