Sentence examples for to discouraged from inspiring English sources

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to discouraged

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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

  • Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.

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This is partly due to retirement and partly to discouraged workers who have given up looking for a job.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) attributes just a third of that decrease to discouraged workers who have temporarily stopped looking for jobs.

Though the backlog of unsold homes ticked down slightly in December, at least one economist attributed the drop to discouraged homeowners "pulling their homes off the market in the face of continued weak demand and falling prices".

The president's economic address last week offered a measure of solace to discouraged Democrats by employing an assertive and scrappy style that many supporters complain has been absent for the last year as he has struggled to rise above Washington gridlock.

However, the decline was largely due to discouraged job seekers.

Public works temporarily increase employment, but may also increase unemployment by providing incentives to discouraged workers to reenter the labor market and increase their income in public works.

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While taking in the struggles we face, it is easy to become saddened, easy to become discouraged, and easy to become angry.

You start to feel discouraged and to doubt your abilities.

Sebelius continued, "Americans' collective view of smoking has been transformed from an accepted national pastime to a discouraged threat to individual and public health..

Jesus, Christianity tells us, knows how it feels to be us, to be human, to be weak and discouraged, to be tempted and outraged, to be tired and hopeless.

Then, when they fail to stay on-track it can be easy to feel discouraged: "Maybe I'm just not cut out to be in shape?

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