Sentence examples for gently discouraged from inspiring English sources
But when she approached her husband's longtime political adviser and close friend, he gently discouraged her.
Her final innocent choice, before being gently discouraged by her parents, was Edwin Pisspot.
An elephant, lost in the city, does not trumpet with rage but rides a department-store elevator up and down, until gently discouraged by the elevator boy.
Visitors will be encouraged to stretch out face down on the padded lounger and read the story through a hole pierced for the head – though on busy days, Watkins said, they may be gently discouraged from reading the entire story.
It is also not unusual for co-op lawyers to gently discourage such a conversion.
At St Andrews Park in Bristol, mini-meadows in petal shapes, spirals and wavy lines have been sown to gently discourage antisocial behaviour by stopping large groups of people gathering on the grass.
There comes a point in every city's rise when the infrastructure hasn't exactly caught up with the population influx, and when you hear out-of-towners seriously considering a move, you can't help but gently discourage them from going through with it.
Discourage this gently, unless you know that the autistic child will not mind talking about it.
Discouraging news for an already discouraged workforce.
His manner discouraged conversation.
