Example sentences for: discourage

How can you use “discourage” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Language is viewed not only as the product but the shaper of culture and as such is able to perpetuate or discourage discrimination or oppression.

  • The naive answer to why publishers might want to discourage the used book market is that they prefer to get paid every time a student buys a book.

  • But taxing whiteness would not discourage anything, while still redistributing income (on average) from the relatively rich to the relatively poor.

  • It said, "The Berlin Reichstag parliament has been rebuilt, all glass and mirrors, to discourage delusions of grandeur and infuse old Prussian authoritarian style with a taste of Bonn-inspired transparency.

  • That's plenty, of course--Culturebox would never discourage you from going anywhere to see Michael Stipe's gray-blue sheer organza suit, a beautiful embodiment of androgynous glamour, or the wholly deconstructed Edwardian getup Jean-Paul Gaultier designed for Madonna, with its exuberant bursts of taffeta, twill, and satin, as well as an over-the-top silk top hat.


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