"discouraged us from" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express that someone or something has caused someone to lose motivation or become less enthusiastic about something. Example: The strict rules and constant criticism from our coach discouraged us from continuing on the team.
Initially, we thought that the CKS system was very similar to the PFC system, but the large differences in clinical outcome were evident and discouraged us from further use of the CKS system.
The relatively poor results have discouraged us from using this design.
The engineered environments of Facebook, Google and the rest have increasingly discouraged us from engaging in an intellectually meaningful way.
Moreover, popular opinion discouraged us from house hunting in Stamford because the schools are said to be inferior.
But at the volcanic outcropping where the guide had found whales the week before, hundreds of red jellyfish discouraged us from snorkeling.
Ms. Tyrrell confirmed that the company had done an investigation of its own, but said, "No government entity has discouraged us from doing so".
In the nineteenth century the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass introduced the epsilon-delta process, which provided a rigorous basis for Calculus and discouraged students from using the infinitesimal concept.
Tolmé's design was not sturdy enough to carry heavy vehicles, and drainage problems on the approach road to the north discouraged vehicles from using Wandsworth Bridge.
But in the 2000s, Mrs. Rasheed said, donors cut back on education, and some of the communications around the introduction of zinc tablets were confusing and discouraged people from using ORS.
The list, released by the federal government as part of a settlement over the company's bungled recall of defective cars, discouraged workers from using such terms as apocalyptic, cataclysmic, deathtrap, decapitating and Kevorkianesque.
* Statistically significant at p <.004 For non-users, the factors that most discouraged them from using academic detailing were spending office time doing CME, scheduling office time to see an academic detailer, and having CME provided by a non-physician.
