encouragement
Example Sentences
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Folks stuck their heads out of windows to shout encouragement.
From Los Angeles Times
Their boss’s words of encouragement are far from reassuring: “Well, this goes right, and . . . we’re all heroes. It goes wrong and none of us are working here next week.”
Later his encouragement helped guide the careers of John Keats, Percy Shelley and Alfred Tennyson.
Churro made it to the top step, half in, half out of the water, and turned to bark encouragement at Natalie.
From Literature
On set, there definitely is a sense of encouragement.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
