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Example sentences for: discourages

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

Computer technology discourages smoking, advances in interpersonal sensitivity discourage profanity or even loudness, enlightenment in personnel management discourages the proverbial fifth of cheap bourbon in the lower desk drawer.
For one thing, there is something called Tort Law (malpractice) that discourages even the most dyed-in-the-wool supporters of "death with dignity" from actually prescribing any suicide cocktail.
Parcells discourages stardom: Everyone's ego--except Parcells'-- is sublimated for the good of the whole.
This prospect discourages you from bearing gifts in the first place.
Inordinate government borrowing discourages private investment.