encouragement

Seeing the rocky path leading up the valley, my mom voiced doubt for the first time, and I dismissed her with what I hoped sounded like words of encouragement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Moura says the findings could still offer encouragement to people who have recently started exercising but have not yet noticed changes on the scale.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“So that gives us great encouragement and being long-term in an environment like this is really hard because of the fast movements and the 24-hour news flow and just so much speed.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Celtic have struggled to build up play against coherent pressing teams, which results in opposition sides being offered too much encouragement when the ball turns over.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Selkie grunted encouragement, Fred skittered, and Nim scrambled the rest of the way on her hands and knees.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

I wonder how well and efficiently he would have written it with frequent and intermittent shouts being thrown his way, regardless of whether they were insults or encouragements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

To get out of the slump and push the quality upward again, I clap my hands and shout encouragements like a ranting soccer coach: “Come on now!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

The chat and commenters on Twitter were screaming encouragements, hyped as all hell to have the privilege of watching Malenia fall for the 1,000th time.

From The Verge ● May 11, 2022

If you’ve spent any time on social media or visited an athletic event lately, you’ve surely been bombarded with encouragements to drink more water.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

You wouldn’t budge, though the boys whispered encouragements.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman