encouraged
Example Sentences
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It was their mother who encouraged them to take up football - she would attend their matches and film the brothers playing.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
They’ll be encouraged to connect their personal experiences to works in the museum’s collection while also considering how they might creatively express their own life stories, from their individual communities, through art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The goodwill extended far into the hinterlands, where Union encouraged and counseled pine planters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A girl who is encouraged to ask questions about the world may eventually ask questions about the rules governing her own life: Who made them?
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
She was also worried that if she did refuse, her superiors would be encouraged to close down the 587th as a regiment.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
