Sentence examples for less encourages from inspiring English sources

Putin, and Dmitri Medvedev, are pressuring Germany, always a bad move, which more or less "encourages" Chancellor Merkel to come out publicly as a supporter.

Thankfully, the woman with whom I share space at work has also had her fill of "Sister Golden Hair," "Summer Breeze" and "Wildfire," and more or less encourages me to play Pandora radio loud enough to drown out "Carolina in my Mind" as it wafts in from the hallway.

If there's good news, it's that, apart from some question marks about Hungary, no European government today condones anti-Semitism, much less encourages it, and that Jewish communities are determined to stand tall and proud as European citizens -- and as Jews.

Nationwide, the story is less encouraging.

Former American diplomats were less encouraged.

The details, however, are less encouraging.

But Google Street View was less encouraging.

Here the picture is less encouraging.

But the true picture is less encouraging.

The federal environment is less encouraging.

The Hunter event was less encouraging.