Sentence examples for a discouraging portrait from inspiring English sources

It is a discouraging portrait that the South African government sharply disputed Thursday.

It was a discouraging time.

It was a discouraging moment.

It was a discouraging setback.

But it was a discouraging start.

And again, there is a discouraging precedent.

Their stories present a discouraging picture.

A visit to his ophthalmologist produced a discouraging diagnosis.

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

"This was very much a discouraging experience," she said.

East, using upside-down signals, dropped a discouraging seven.