How To Use Discourage In A Sentence

Digital technology comes to us heralded by a great deal of utopian ballyhoo, but in some surprising ways it discourages creativity.
Often the parent feels helpless and very discouraged and may also give up on the child which reinforces the child's feelings of inadequacy and may cause the child to retreat or regress further.
Interest rates would then rise as the central bank increased its discount rate to discourage borrowing and the demands for legal tender.
Environmental health officers hope the cotes will keep pigeons off the streets and discourage them from feeding on waste food and titbits offered by tourists.
These two transaction costs discourage foreign investment and borrowing. International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business.

Profoundly discouraged, we ride on after this in mournful silence. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
The new building would be designed with high security measures in a bid to discourage damage.
Caps can be used anticompetitively - to discourage the use of services that rival an Internet service provider's in-house offerings. NYT > Home Page
When I wrote, imprecisely, that domestic subsidies for agricultural commodities are equivalent to protective tariffs, I was groping at the notion that in both cases (1) domestic consumers/taxpayers pay a premium above the world price and (2) that foreign producers are discouraged from entering the domestic market. The Case for Free Trade, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
According to Lawrence Will, ‘floods and freezes, wild hogs and coons, muck fires, gnats and mosquitoes, slow transportation and greedy New York buyers, all these discouraged many.’
It completed her expression; it was as a very halo of Yankee saintship crowning the woman who in despite of poverty and every discouragement had always hated, to the very roots of her hair, anything like what she called a "sozzle;" who had always been screwed up and sharp set to hard work. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.
But later, these things which some man has done because he loved you, and which you call foolish, will grow large in your life, and shine out strongly, and when you are discouraged and alone, you will take them out, and the memory of them will make you proud and happy. The Lion and the Unicorn
People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. Live your truth and don't EVER stop! Steve Maraboli
The purpose of the arrests is to cause gangs to police themselves -- if every murder results in a torrent of arrests, gang leaders are more likely to discourage the use of violence to resolve personal disputes. Chicago Gang Violence: Police Chief Jody Weis Follows Through On Controversial Strategy
Bewildering indeed. Conspiracy theories have emerged faster than mushrooms in a damp Exmoor field. Some claim the shooting was a fiction, dreamed up to discourage trophy-hunters.
While potassium bromate has not been banned in the U.S., the FDA discourages bakers from using it -- and at least one state, California, has approved a warning-label requirement that has led many bread makers to abandon the additive. Five Controversial Food Additives
The protests could "ruin the economy," he said, if the continued unrest discourages tourism and foreign investment. Syria's Sluggish Economy Adds to Regime's Troubles
Uncertainty in the euro area is also likely to damp demand for Central European goods and to discourage investment by Western European firms in the region, Mr. Kalisz said. Growth in Emerging Countries Slows Significantly
Special attention was given to large, complicated scripts used in chancelleries to discourage imitation or forgeries of important documents.
What factors are most likely to cause a pastor to be discouraged? Christianity Today
It should unite rather than divide, encourage rather than discourage.
Many of the insanities start in this fashion; and all such practices, instead of being encouraged, should be discouraged; and all experienced and intelligent students of psychical research warn those who "dabble" in the subject against the repeated and promiscuous indulgence in such practices -- because of the dangerous, even disastrous, effects upon the mind, in many instances. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
The air filled with the strong scent of herbs being burned to discourage elemental spirits.
These should be just as discouraged as the cigarette packets. The Sun
Moreover, such a requirement would discourage prosecutions for the aggravated offence and would exclude private prosecutions.
They are a technically reliable threat of last resort to discourage a foe from pressing too hard or threatening national survival.
And in terms of the last point that you made which is the possibility of fees for transactions that we want to discourage, that is one of the ideas that is going to be working its way through the process. CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2009
the overcritical teacher can discourage originality
Rumours of ballot-rigging discouraged many from voting.
I was a bit discouraged with the rest of the book after such a wonderful introduction.
It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
They are the people fatigue and discouragement will take down first.
An issuing bank should discourage any attempt by the applicant to include, as an integral part of the credit, copies of the underlying contract, pro forma invoice and the like.
The fourth estate, the press, self censors; antidefamation laws discourage citizens from speaking out. Macau's Anointed Leader
But it's not all downside - the prospect of big penalties discourages any company with a good reputation from entering to compete with us. Times, Sunday Times
The complexities of scheduling thousands of students for individual courses discourage change.
Banning drugs mainly promotes crime, so it would be better to legalise, control, tax and discourage them.
She was never discouraged in her enterprise.
We wanted very much to discourage people from porting their current applications over to the Macintosh.
I tried to discourage him, but in the end he became a little bit of a nuisance, you know?
This complexity often discourages smaller firms from submitting tenders. Times, Sunday Times
Third, the move towards compulsory admissions to residential care should be discouraged in favour of voluntary and planned admissions.
They're even threatening to withhold new drugs to Canada unless the government negotiates a price that is high enough to discourage reimportation.
This foundation supports pro-choice family planning causes and works to discourage nuclear proliferation.
Where fixed property became the chief form of livelihood, monogamy, rather than polygamy, came to predominate due to the need to limit heirs and to discourage divorce.
Research also indicates that negative school experiences can discourage students from teaching careers.
The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
Collection costs are high and the disincentive effects are heavy - many of our taxes discourage productive economic activity.
Higher taxes are likely to discourage investment.
Taxes can be imposed either to raise funds for pollution control or to discourage over-use of nitrates, or both.
a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers.
This could discourage people from driving ten miles to buy their groceries.
My guess is that the DCCC discouraged her from making the kind of strong, straightforward case on the issues she would have been good at and conned or bullied her into running a cagy, deceptive campaign. Opinion Roundup: Who Gets Credit, Rahm Or Netroots?
Don't let the complexities of the system discourage you from the entire idea.
All of them hope to discourage any critical examination of the real causes of the current situation.
Cranberry juice is often recommended to acidify the urine and discourage development of stones.
felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
And neither the feces of bobcats nor the urine of foxes, coyotes, and bobcats discouraged voles from attacking seedlings.
Smoking is discouraged among the students at some medical colleges.
Effective work-life benefits encourage employees to work harder and discourage them from quitting their jobs, according to research by the Corporate Executive Board.
He's supremely confident, though, of South Korea's ability to discourage any designs the North might have of risking another shooting war.
Even the old parliamentarians hailed the return of Charles, notwithstanding it was admitted that the protectorate was a vigorous administration; that law and order were enforced; that religious liberty was proclaimed; that the rights of conscience were respected; that literature and science were encouraged; that the morals of the people were purified; that the ordinances of religion were observed; that vice and folly were discouraged; that justice was ably administered; that peace and plenty were enjoyed; that prosperity attended the English arms abroad; and that the nation was as much respected abroad as it was prosperous at home. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
The survey results underscore the pervasiveness of academic dishonesty even as schools employ more sophisticated means to catch cheaters and take a tougher stance to discourage unethical behavior.
He would discourage in both the householders and the celibate youths any lukewarmness in their spiritual struggles.
Instead the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession. Paul Helmke: U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill
It also will discourage other members from seeking early diagnosis and the treatments that can prolong their lives.
She discouraged impertinent curiosity with frozen silence and there is an uneasy feeling, as one reads, that one is prying into her chosen privacy.
Any form of line dancing that encourages freewheeling self-expression must be forcefully discouraged.
I am not here to discourage but encourage you guys to write error - free clean English essays.
The Kemp Commission took the same position, saying those taxes discourage saving and investment.
Recovery takes time. Don't get discouraged. Just follow the instructions of the physical therapist.
Deductions would be eliminated in most cases to close loopholes and discourage the use of tax shelters.
How can you feel discouraged when sitting on a beautiful mountain meadow, looking at a high country lake with bald eagles flying around you?! Field Scrapbook
Carl Jolly met us outside, disappointed, he was still undiscouraged which is amazing when you consider the additional odds he is up against. KOLO - HomePage - Headlines
We have what I call a dependency syndrome, which discourages people from taking initiative unless they follow the dictates of some group," Bolton said. Valdosta Daily Times Homepage
Firms massaged their profit figures upwards so as to discourage hostile takeover bids.
Even if the legislature must be able to discourage unjustified absences, it cannot penalise them by creating exceptions to the right to legal assistance.
The key is to not overanalyze this election's results and don't get discouraged. Alvin McEwen: Five reasons why I am happy that the Republicans took over the House of Representatives
Adults are also discouraged from intervening in conflicts that arise between the children.
Luckily none of the 12 people who had turned up to see me had been discouraged by my unpunctuality.
A blonde or red headed man was thought to resemble an enemy Norseman and so was discouraged!
These obligations discourage a naked usurpation of power by judges.
But liberalisation could discourage long-term RD&D by emphasising short-term profits. Chapter 10
Bar soap is discouraged, not only because of the inherent sloppiness of the soap dish, but also because some organisms survive on the soap surface.
And anyone thinking of serious modernisation would be actively discouraged. Times, Sunday Times
After fluttering thus from branch to branch, like the poor birdling that cannot take its flight, discouraged by his wretched attempts at life, he plunged straight before him, hoping for nothing but a turn of luck, driving over the roads and fields, lending a hand to the farmers, sleeping in stables and garrets, or oftener in the open air; sometimes charitably sheltered in a kind man's barn, and perhaps -- oh bliss! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873
Beijing officially "discourages" investment in certain industries including mining of rare-earth minerals. BHP Rebuff Is Latest in Protectionist Wave
The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
It is understood that the Government has done nothing to discourage City expectations that it will curtail its gilt-edged buying programme.
She nearly made a hole in my head just now, but we must not get discouraged. Heidi
The unfavorable reviews of his first novel were a great discouragement to him.
Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
But what of the twin objections that all this would discourage future investment and penalise past saving? Times, Sunday Times
In the early days Busacher had tried to discourage him.
Neither of the two basic methods - distillation using the sun's heat nor the use of modern desalinisation plants - is likely to meet immediate fresh water requirements in a major refugee emergency, and is therefore strongly discouraged. 16. Water
The trick is to start small and not get discouraged.
Asked about the use of the word "disseminate" and the prohibition against posting records on the Internet, the spokesperson replied that the language is likely taken from the federal Copyright Act. The notices are "not meant to discourage access requests or the use of the information that is produced in those requests," the spokesperson said. Tyee - Home
They actively discourage charity and contribute to a culture of anxiety and bullying. Times, Sunday Times
High interest rates lead to the following problems: They may discourage investment plans and hence long-term growth.
But for girls, this practice-called 'excision'-is very dangerous and should be strongly discouraged. Chapter 32
In this way, transmission of the virus to the uninfected is discouraged, and those infected who have higher D levels will have a lower viral load to infect others. i'll post the rest in another comment Creeping Crud
Stepahnie, what you write has value, but it glosses over the fact that there are millions, yes, millions, of your fellow citizens who HAVE behaved in a very prudent risk averse manner, and they are going to get hammered along with everyone else, and policies which exacerbate the exposure the risk averse to hammering caused by the behavior of the imprudent/mendacious discourages prudent risk averse behavior in the future. Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers
Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. Rabindranath Tagore
Charitable payments or gratuities given by employers should not be deducted from awards of damages as it is important not to discourage benevolence.
He persevered despite discouragement from those around him.
But a lot of the time, well-meaning people will discourage friends from trying something that's difficult but achievable.
The female looks at them with an air of discouragement.
Naturally, the Bush administration indicated that they would "discourage" plans for any such cartel. Pipelines and Imperial Missions
The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
Soviet Communism had discouraged travel; the old comfortably flea-ridden hans had decayed. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
Young people are discouraged from playing sport in part because the facilities are terrible. Times, Sunday Times
Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet discourage and handicap the child who is already doing poorly.
The value of the loonie discouraged 17 per cent of Canadians from travelling outside the country while one per cent did not know or refused to answer.
Worse, a discouraged, angry, and alienated lower class is directly related to the growing debasement of our popular culture.
In a culture and a region where the old story of boy meets girl is not only frowned on, but downright discouraged, love, or at least adolescent yearnings, will often find a way.
As you push yourself to overcome inertia, you need to work against the tendency to feel discouraged and hopeless.
Don't let the volume of traffic discourage you from this superb walk.
After a decade or so of assiduous tweezering, the brow hairs will indeed be discouraged and will not grow back.
The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
That prices out those who seek cheap ruralness, and probably discourages those who seek traditional, (like God, family) even reactionary values (like xenophobia, patriarchalism, racism), because they won't find them there. Rural Mexico
I might get discouraged but you guys don't seem to care.
The numerical results indicate that tax on capital inflows can discourage capital inflows, and that the outcome varies according to elasticity of saving and velocity of currency circulation.
Somehow, the caliginous man's intimidating demeanor always failed to discourage or frighten Josh, much less hamper his cheery, gossiping attitude.
Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.
My amusements were few; the good Mrs. Putnam employed me and her daughters constantly to spin flax for shirts for the American soldiers; indolence, in America, being totally discouraged; and I likewise worked some for General Putnam, who, though not an accomplished muscadin, like our dilletantis of St. James's-street, was certainly one of the best characters in the world; His heart being composed of those noble materials which equally command respect and admiration. Memoirs of Aaron Burr
Incentives need to be reinforced by disincentives that discourage damaging actions.
But luckily she chose to be inspired rather than discouraged by the experience.
I stood in front of them and did the ghostliest things till I was clean tired out and discouraged. Humorous Ghost Stories
In one of his letters 4 October 1841 to Captain Beaufort he sounded discouraged by the laboriousness of the work and the fact that he apparently had had no acknowledgement of the data he had sent to the Royal Society. "But They are Very, Very Wrong" « Climate Audit
Do we want to continually discourage pilots from entering competitions?
Activities i. Determine which behaviors prevent or foster emerging infections and how to promote or discourage these behaviors.
The Chinese government plans to impose new restrictions to discourage investment in labor-intensive industries that produce cheap goods for export.
He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.
The blinds pulled, by her domestic decree, half way down the windows discouraged all hope.
A bill to deal with beverage containers would discourage the use of plastic by imposing a levy on manufacturers who use plastic bottles, and would encourage the return and recycling of bottles.
Let us go on with our work as briskly as possible, whatever temporary discouragements we may meet with.
Personal privacy is respected and staring is discouraged, although eye contact is not avoided.
Patients and doctors are currently discouraged from investigating and treating sore throats.
He added that fares will be clearly posted on each vehicle in order to prevent confusion and discourage mischievous behavior of drivers.
A spell of tough luck discouraged him.
Obedient to his master’s mandate, the falconer was collecting his discouraged followers, and whispering into their ears — “Away, away — tace is Latin for a candle — never mind the good The Abbot
You should not let one failure discourage you.
They worry that paying donors will discourage altruistic people from signing up, possibly leading to an overall decline in prospective donors. Lawsuit urges payment for bone marrow donors
Lynne and her colleagues place a higher priority on preventive actions to discourage bad behaviour and crime.
Some of us decided that we would ourselves try to discourage larrikins, at least those of them who appeared on our own doorsteps.
My answer is that more than knocking gold down to discourage the bond vigilantes from moving out of bonds into tangibles is involved.
Monday, he said Eskom had gone so far as to fit "combs" to the top of pylons to discourage birds from perching and nesting on them. ANC Daily News Briefing
There are positives to the new design - a quick-release facility and greater coverage to the front gates improve safety and discourage horses from ducking under - but problems persist.
By the 1970s primary teachers were being actively discouraged from teaching these fundamental disciplines - it seems educationalists threw out the grammar along with the grammar schools.
And unfortunately, the polls make people feel discouraged.
Last that it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of Truth, not only by disexercising and blunting our abilities in what we know already, but by hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made both in religious and civil wisdom. Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing
This should not discourage more adventurous users from looking for more exotic technology but considerations must be taken.
Barstaff exchange looks as she giggles excitedly wrapping her legs over him as he does little to discourage this undignified behaviour.
Recall that the authorities may have an interest in seeing interest rates rise in order to discourage bank lending and monetary growth.
This should not discourage more adventurous users from looking for more exotic technology but considerations must be taken.
To discourage voles or gophers, add a handful of sharp gravel to the planting hole or plant bulbs in wire or fabric baskets.
Leave about 1 inch of pot rim above the soil surface to help discourage the runners from climbing out over the top.
The wives of samurai, even noblewomen, were discouraged from learning more than a syllabary system for transcribing sounds and ideas, and most were incapable of reading texts that employed Chinese ideographs.
Heavy slabs had been laid atop the ground over their coffins to discourage body snatchers.
Low prices discourage industry.
I'm afraid I've never heard of blackfly or greenfly, but I do know that spraying soapy water on the plants is a good way to discourage pests. Plants are Flowering: 2008 Garden Update #5
Colin, on the other hand, became discouraged and let things slip.
I thought about opening the window and gargling back, tit for tat, but concern for my neighbors discouraged me.
This will help to ripen the fruit, and to discourage pests and disease. Times, Sunday Times
Despite official discouragement of settlement, Newfoundland became de facto the first overseas British colony.
In a move to discourage players jumping around, teams can exceed the league's salary cap -- last season it was $57.7 million -- to re-sign their own free agents.
Leave the lights on when you're out in order to discourage burglars.
We can't let the furious, intense opposition from Wall Street, the insurance companies, Big Oil and the far-right fringe discourage or dispirit us. Robert Creamer: 10-2-10 Rally Gives Progressives a Chance to Stand Up Straight
Lower prices reduce profits and thereby discourage entry, but such a threat must be credible. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Passing trade from the teeming streets is thus discouraged.
To discourage yourself from getting back into bed too soon, do not time your activities.
It is more likely that hearing a book on audiocassette would discourage that student from ever reading that particular book on his or her own.
The boat was sunk by a covert operations team to discourage other illegal aliens from making the trip.
Its lobby was crowded, people discouraged by the weather sitting on fat couches or standing in talkative groups.
These problems exacerbate legitimate business risks and discourage people from long-term investments.
The lie, which soon became an untruth (for people came genuinely to believe this ungenuine account), was that Keats's sensibility, his sensitivity, the thinness of his skin, and the coagulatory thickening within his troubled mind were responsible first for his abdication, so discouraged was he by the reception of his poems, and then for his death. Keats's Afterlife
And luxuriant greenery is a magnet for local wildlife in the dry, so station gardens also require considerable fortification to discourage pigs and wallabies from making damaging incursions.
EXAMPLE: Rapid inflation and a failure to discourage consumer spending contributed to widespread dissaving and threatened the national economy.
The LCBO uses a system of "floor pricing", or minimum selling prices, using price control as part of its social responsibility mandate to discourage excessive alcohol consumption.
Two pairs of black policemen in starched khaki uniforms were there to discourage the pickpockets if possible, arrest them if necessary.
There had to be something she could do to completely discourage him, short of throwing up or otherwise making herself totally unattractive. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
I was in the lower sixth at the time and, as a girl in a northern comprehensive, I was actively discouraged by my teachers from making an Oxford application.
It would effectively rouse people's ardour to invest, and help to discourage the transfer of capital abroad.
House prices have stopped rising, which will discourage borrowings.
Any promises recruiters make, for example, instantly can be cross-checked with other Navy families, which should discourage what's known in recruiting circles as "overselling," promising more than the military can deliver. Azcentral.com | news
Last, that it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of truth, not only by the disexercising and blunting our abilities in what we know already, but by hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made both in religious and civil wisdom. Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing: Paras 1-19
And what really discourages me is the way it's being used.
I am not discouraged at all for these cases.
The experiment is, of course, an analogy for Wolfe's Dupont University, where the school's national champion basketball team is revered, and its players, all genetic freaks with, in effect, the thinking portion of their brains removed (they are discouraged from taking real courses), enjoy a "hypermanic" sex life with the eager coeds who line their paths. Cry Wolfe
Some are "languaged" and have extra meaning imbued in them by language strategists like Frank Luntz, and some are foul language, which we are trying to discourage the use of. Introducing "Think Twice" Word Detection System To OpEdNews
Rapid inflation and a failure to discourage consumer spending contributed to widespread dissaving and threatened the national economy.
Mama wrote me a series of orders, couched in a manner to discourage disobedience, and bade me hie north at speed. SCANDAL'S BRIDE
And it would define more tightly the terms cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, fine-cut tobacco and pipe tobacco in order to discourage the production of cross-over products.
As he sees it, the aggression of tabloid journalism discourages potential candidates, who are fearful of the requisite intrusion into their private lives.
Across the Atlantic, sericulture got its first push in 1609 when James I of England encouraged the production of silk (and discouraged the growing of tobacco) so he could fill English looms.
The presence of cats and dogs in the house also tends to discourage them. Times, Sunday Times
Bishop Provoost of New York, after fourteen years of service, demitted his functions in 1801, discouraged about the continuance of the church. A History of American Christianity
The dark outline of the forest was enough to discourage even the boldest mutineer.
Put the plant in a cold room to discourage growth.

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