How to Use encouraging in a Sentence

encouraging

adjective
  • We've just heard some encouraging news.
  • 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
  • There were a lot of encouraging signs.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
  • There were encouraging signs along the way.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • So that’s been very encouraging for me.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The thing about it that was very encouraging was just the mindset of our team.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2021
  • There’s some encouraging news on this front.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There is more work to do on this front, but these findings are encouraging.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • His three homers over his last nine games this season were an encouraging sign.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And the nuggets that have emerged from those meetings have not been encouraging.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • But the way his teammates stood around him in shock didn’t look encouraging.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • While these results are encouraging, there is still work to do.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Still, the broader trend has been encouraging over the last year.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The studies that have been done so far, though, are encouraging.
    — jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The swing-and-miss in both starts is always encouraging.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • So far, the signs are encouraging.
    — David McMillin, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into these gains.
    — Darby Saxbe, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into these gains.
    — Darby Saxbe, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • For starters, his play was encouraging.
    — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His first start was up-and-down but encouraging, on par for a second-rounder in that spot.
    — Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This is, of course, encouraging, and that leads us, of course, to look at all of our guidance.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Williams has shown some encouraging signs.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the progress has been encouraging.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • The most encouraging part of that stat-line is the 3-point shooting.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • While encouraging, the rally only brings the stock back to flat year to date.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Early signs from the calf have been encouraging.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In an encouraging sign, the ace offered two simple words for his progress up to this point.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Ramos says the city has been encouraging for his business and others.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
  • It was set to be an encouraging start for Ragans.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026

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