encourage

How To Use encourage In A Sentence

• A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
• Cutting into the growth a little while you're there is also a good plan, to encourage new, bushier growth. In the garden this week: Summer pruning and preening
• This norm encourages people to add a lot of extraneous self-indulgent stuff because they see the guests as a captive audience.
• Keep the seeds in warm, damp conditions to encourage germination.
• Government efforts to encourage short-term thrift have had mixed success. Times, Sunday Times
• Its independence may encourage it to pursue a course of narrow self-interest rather than the public interest. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
• Direct Mail One of the most effective ways to recruit and encourage members and supporters is by direct mail.
• If you have bought modern 'remontant' varieties that flower again, give them a good feed now to encourage them. Times, Sunday Times
• Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827
• Improved safety measures in cars can be counterproductive as they encourage people to drive faster.