Sentence examples similar to a discouraging pattern from inspiring English sources

This chart paints a very discouraging pattern.

It was a discouraging setback.

But it was a discouraging start.

It was a discouraging time.

It was a discouraging moment.

Their stories present a discouraging picture.

And again, there is a discouraging precedent.

Put it all together, and it's a discouraging picture.

Broadly, though, this study paints a discouraging picture.

It's a discouraging thought for anyone past adolescence.

Nary is heard a discouraging word about anyone, anywhere.