Sentence examples for had been encouraging from inspiring English sources

Yesterday at least had been encouraging.

The early signs had been encouraging.

Hammad said that there had been "encouraging volumes".

He said conversations with the White House "had been encouraging".

Both Mr. Messina and Dion said the response had been encouraging.

Mr. Carson said he had been encouraging Mr. Beutner to run.

As for Smith, Woodson said he had been encouraging him to pursue a new role.

The report noted there had been "encouraging innovation across all of GCHQ".

The U.S. had been encouraging Pakistan to use the tripartite meetings to deal with such issues.

Steve Schale, Mr. Obama's Florida campaign manager, said the results statewide had been encouraging.

Mr. Gousse, the justice minister, said the arrested leaders had been encouraging violence.