How to Use discouragement in a Sentence

discouragement

noun

• He says that the tax is a discouragement to doing business in this state.
• The team's losses have left fans with a feeling of discouragement.
• Despite the discouragements of the past week, we need to continue moving forward.
• She expressed discouragement over the difficulty of finding a good job.
• Isn’t this discouragement enough to make drivers want to stay off our roads?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• In your life, some of that discouragement came from your own teachers, right?
  — Dahlia Bazzaz, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
• The other source of discouragement was a campaign led by Schillings, a British law firm acting for Mr Low.
  — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
• But there was growing discouragement with the listless play of late.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
• This prevents the stress and discouragement that comes from changes that appear to be endless and pointless.
  — Rob Harvey, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• Stepping into someone else’s hurt and discouragement can be a way to lift up both of us – the person and ourselves.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
• Our pacer witnessed some of our lowest points of tears, pain and discouragement.
  — Danielle Snyder, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2019
• The other reason for his public discouragement is the spread of the delta variant around the country that has caused cases to spike in several states.
  — Dave Campbell, ajc, 3 Aug. 2021
• While the event was well attended, the recent shooting in Santa Fe has led to small feelings of discouragement.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
• There is discouragement because this feels like a lost season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• Americans need a pick-me-up to relieve their fatigue, discouragement, and grumpy mood.
  — Kevin Morrow, The Week, 28 Feb. 2022
• And there is discouragement from some parents, who tell their children that girls can’t learn, Yousefi told Stiven.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• Williams hasn't considered dropping out of the labor force, but she's had many moments of discouragement.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2022
• Despite the discouragement of crypto use from China, other countries have embraced it and a number of firms have helped push it mainstream in the U.S.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 21 June 2021
• Often, the message is one of caution rather than discouragement.
  — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
• Back at the church for the fourth and final station, Czarnecki referred to the pandemic by saying there was much sadness and discouragement in the world today, but the world needs hope.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2021
• Officials went ahead with the parade despite the discouragement of the city health department about the ever-spreading virus.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• The film traces the long path Alsop cut through every detour and discouragement: Her formation of a swing band called String Fever and its subsequent struggle to . . .
  — Washington Post, 23 May 2021
• During the draft, the cameras had focused on Quinn and his family, the discouragement bubbling up with each team calling out someone else’s name.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 July 2021
• Even in the new, bigger bins, the cardboard doesn’t always fit, a common discouragement to household recycling.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
• All creative people go through periods of doubt and discouragement, but those moments aren’t an end.
  — NBC News, 2 Apr. 2018
• Those goals can lead to discouragement or a lack of accountability in tracking progress.
  — Rebecca Strong, Health, 20 July 2023
• This is a common barrier that could lead to discouragement, but Storm powered through and showed that no matter your background - drive and hard work will reflect and pay off in success.
  — Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
• Family business owners feel guilt, shame and discouragement if those who depend on us are harmed.
  — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2020
• Despite her kozmic blues and the critics’ initial discouragement, Joplin, of course, had refused to settle for anything less than traveling the road her music took her.
  — Holly George-Warren, Time, 26 Oct. 2019
• Decades of discouragement followed as all the energy spent on deep space exploration, and all the momentum of Apollo, slowly ebbed away.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024