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How to use the word encourage in a Sentence?

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

Yvonne Padmos

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2 months ago

While legal changes in the way we vote are the best way to increase turnout, there are a number of steps that can be taken to encourage targeted voters and our personal acquaintances to cast a ballot.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

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10 months ago

Too often I find that young people are overwhelmed by adulthood, and I think they just need someone to sit with them and encourage them to take it one thing at a time. one simple rule.

Bo Petterson

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12 months ago

This will encourage you to be a more conscious spender and empower you to stretch your money further.

Jesse Mecham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are weary. We are tired. We have had enough gun violence in Louisville. We have had enough gun violence in our country and it is time to take action. And so as mayor, I know I will be working with elected officials … with clergy with anyone who wants to be a part of the solution to take whatever actions we can to encourage our state legislatures to take action to give us more tools to end gun violence.

Craig Greenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today’s proposed rule is designed to support Title IX’s protection for equal athletics opportunity. We welcome and encourage public comment on the proposed regulation and will continue working to ensure Title IX’s effective protection for all students.

Miguel Cardona

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While it may be too late for the survivors to see criminal justice served, we hope that exposing the Archdiocese’s transgressions to the fullest extent possible will bring some measure of accountability and perhaps encourage others to come forward.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown

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1 year ago

We’ve seen these patterns before where there is just a repeat of severe weather in generally the same area, we can’t change past outcomes, but what we can do is encourage everyone to be ready for the next one.

Bill Bunting

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1 year ago

I don’t believe it’s helpful to encourage citizens to seek damages whenever they feel aggrieved in the slightest way.

Rick Just

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1 year ago

We didn’t even push it, or encourage it with our troop, we just encourage them to sell what we have on hand.

Deb Perry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I encourage Maine people to stay off the roads if they can, plan for extra time if traveling, and give plenty of space to road crews and first responders working hard to keep us safe.

Janet Mills

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1 year ago

They have young families and so much of their life ahead of them. That’s why I encourage my patients who are age 45 years and older to get screened, i also encourage people to let their doctor know if they have a family history of colon cancer. There is genetic testing we can do to identify some at-risk patients early before they develop cancer.

Joel Gabre

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My hope is that the equipment will be more widely adopted after the release of the clinical practice guidelines. However, I’m cautious about them being used by law enforcement, unless to encourage victims to seek an exam by a forensic health care provider.

Katherine Scafide

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If mom’s health is deteriorating, ultimately, she’s not going to be able to support baby’s wellbeing, and so generally, what we encourage folks to do is really support mom’s health, because that’s in the best interest of both mother and baby.

Elizabeth Langen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Studies show that ultraprocessed foods encourage people to eat more calories.

Marion Nestle

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1 year ago

l'éducation ne peut être efficace que lorsqu'elle est menée de manière collective et qu'elle encourage les élèves à travailler ensemble, à communiquer et à coopérer

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

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1 year ago

First I would like to just want to thank God for even just being here, every day, I’m amazed at my experiences could encourage so many others across the country and even across the world.

Damar Hamlin

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1 year ago

Those kinds of role models encourage people to be philanthropic and to care about others, i think this serves a huge cultural purpose … all of these people have accumulated a huge amount of positive social capital that inspires their fans to support the good works that these admired celebrities support. We need that.

Gayle Stever

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That’s not what they get at home, we want to encourage kids to drink milk because there are there’s tremendous nutritional value in milk.

Tom Vilsack

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m very intentional about not watching those types of videos. They are extremely triggering for me, i’d encourage people not to watch them because it’s going to weigh on you.

Leon Ford

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Rents are rising, driven by inflation and exacerbated by the housing supply shortage, we encourage the administration to look more deeply at how it can address the root causes of rental affordability — namely, affordable housing supply.

Kenny Parcell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I encourage people to go out and enjoy the events, as a matter of fact, I will be attending another Chinese New Year’s event later on in a couple of hours.

Robert Luna

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The thing I encourage people to do is to be assertive. Ask for what you want and need in your relationship. So many people are just not assertive.

George James

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of the key advantages is it helps create a stigma around surveillance, which is really important to encourage lawmakers to create meaningful rules, so the public can more intuitively resist really corrosive and dangerous kinds of surveillance.

Woodrow Hartzog

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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    an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
    A distinguish
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