Sentence examples for if encouraged from inspiring English sources
It's patriotism which verges upon nationalism if encouraged.
Mr. Lazio said he would run only if encouraged to do so by party leaders.
Kipling, in his poem If, encouraged us to fill any spare minute on our hands with "60 seconds' worth of distance run", like some deranged scoutmaster.
Convinced that Moscow was riddled with pro-Napoleonic secret societies that would, if encouraged by reports of Russian defeats, incite peasant uprisings and obstruct the Russian war effort, Rostopchin persistently issued statements falsely proclaiming Russian victories.
Less than a decade earlier, the Milgram obedience study had shown that ordinary people, if encouraged by an authority figure, were willing to shock their fellow-citizens with what they believed to be painful and potentially lethal levels of electricity.
These are the kinds of baby steps that, if encouraged, replicated and systematically expanded, can put the country on the road to a saner, more prosperous and more secure future.
"Originality arouses curiosity," he wrote as a note to himself, as if encouraging his own flamboyance.
We're eager to see if encouraging a sense of wonder and discovery leads to a better first impression of Twitter.
If we encouraged them to ask questions.
Not all of Serbia's friends will welcome an early membership application even if others encouraged it.
