"gently encourage" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to softly and kindly persuade someone to do something. Example: "The teacher gently encouraged her students to participate in the class discussion, knowing that they were shy."
Rather, it must gently encourage them to try new things.
Every Monday it'll tell you how your last week was and gently encourage you to do better.
Rather than shying away from a person in need, parents can gently encourage their kids to think about that person's history and experiences.
But you can gently encourage whatever is beneficial to arise and stick around and sink in even as you are letting go of it.
"What I am saying is: if you've got one child and the cost of having another is putting you off, I'd gently encourage you to think again.
Reading is vital, obviously, but it's not something that you can mandate, only gently encourage: the contented child of contented parents is more likely to turn into one that's also curious, one who eventually chooses to learn to read.
Mr. Barber's influence is evident here, not only in Mr. Zhicay's attention to season and provenance but also in the way he lets each ingredient speak for itself, gently encouraging, rather than imposing and hastening, flavors.
To his graduate students, he was consistently encouraging and optimistic, always ready to share a joke or story, and gently encouraging of their creativity and progressive independence as researchers.
When my internship ran out, the editors gently encouraged me to follow my curiosity into writing.
And being patient while gently encouraging your introvert can pay off.
Customers are gently encouraged to wash their clothes at 30C and leave clothes hangers behind.
