The Overton party assumed its former formation and plodded on, weary, but encouraged by the realization that only a few hours now separated them from their goal.
Hang on, Hippy, my darling,” encouraged Nora in a shrill voice.
Such was his deference that Polly, elevated on a platform of sofa-cushions in a chair at his right hand, encouraged him with a pat or two on the face from the greasy bowl of her spoon, and even with a gracious kiss.
It used to be held that many men who would otherwise remain at home and support, might be encouraged to desert if they had reason to believe that their wives and families would be cared for in their absence.
Unless the social worker is convinced, therefore, that the sentence has been unduly severe, the wife should be encouraged in every way to let her husband serve out his time.
He was a genial, popular chap, always "the life of the party" in his circle; and his companions encouraged him to feel that he was a much injured man.
He was induced to join a fraternal organization, to take out insurance for his wife and child, was encouraged to attend church regularly, and to open a bank account.
Yet, I have no doubt, had I encouraged him with a prospect of his obtaining them at all, he would have given me a thousand dollars for that very cage of fowls!
Appeals to him were encouraged in every way for the sake of the dispensations; thousands of processes came before the Curia, bringing a rich harvest to Rome.
The habit of mental exactness it encouragedextended to other branches of thought, and produced an intellectual revolution.
Mysterious voices encouraged the Arabian preacher to persist in his determination; shadows of strange forms passed before him.
Encouraged by his example, one and another had bought parcels of his domain, until its size was materially reduced though its value was proportionately enhanced.
Mr. Desmit was doing, in a business way, what the law not only allowed but encouraged him to do, and doing it because it paid.
The colored men should be encouraged to consider and discuss political affairs and decide in regard to them from their own standpoint.
Though he had so many that of hundreds of them he did not know even the faces, he gave the closest attention to their hygienic condition, especially that of the women, who were encouraged by every means to bear children.
They were cousins, had always been neighbors, and Hesden's mother had encouragedthe idea, almost from the time of his first wife's death.
Mr. Barrett was the person who first encouraged Chatterton to publish the poems which he attributed to Rowley.
I should not write any more, concluding he would not stay a twinkling; and your ladyship's last encouraged my expecting him.
The Earl, as I told you, has since been rather wearisome in applications to me; which I received rather civilly, but encouraged no farther.
Thiers states, that Billaud Varennes appeared publicly among the assassins, and encouraged what were called the labourers.
I do not give this as one of my solid arguments, but I have encouraged myself in being superstitious on the favourable side.
Footnote 2: Such flowers of eloquence are not encouraged at the modern bar.
He thought with disgust of the scenes of the Marmion ball, of the reckless way in which Constance had encouraged Falloden's pursuit of her, of the talk of Oxford.
That is known only to One who has encouraged us to `hope against hope.
The commander of the artillery, Francisco Garcia del Fresno, for with him and the following that he had, he authorized and encouraged and was joined with the crafty Don Francisco de Figueroa.
He also was a music-lover, and encouraged the art as much as his short life and troubled reign permitted.
Mr. Abbott left another silver flagon to the Andover Church to encourage reading between services; though how this piece of plate encouraged personally, since neither the deacons nor the boys got it as a prize, cannot be precisely understood.
The ministers encouragedand urged the tithingmen to faithfully perform their allotted work.
The dedication reads: "Seeing that your tender and godly zeale dooth more delight in the holye songs of veritie than in any fayncd rymes of vanytie, I am encouraged to travayle further in the said booke of Psalmes.
At Penikese books were discarded, except for occasional reference, and the several students were encouraged to study the objects for which they had opportunity or special inclination.
Each was also encouraged to select for himself some particular line of investigation and devote himself to that alone, and to a great extent this was done.
Although he saw this was a pilot boat, and not likely, with good intent, to be out so far at sea, what was this honest sailor encouraged by?
In October, 1774, the King, in his Message to Parliament, said that a most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience to the laws existed in Massachusetts, and was countenanced and encouraged in others of his Colonies.
Demeter was figurative of a blessing on the harvest, for it was from that the house derived its wealth, and Pallas Athene was patroness of the learning that was encouraged by its owners.
The heathen were triumphant, and encouraged the soldiers with loud cries to persist.
It was notorious that the Gitanos had powerful friends and favourers in every district, who sanctioned and encouraged them in their Gypsy practices.
Such visitors, however, were always encouraged to a certain point, and by this and various other means the Gitanos acquired connections which frequently stood them in good stead in the hour of need.
These plants when growing require a liberal supply of water, and to be greatly encouraged by frequent potting to flower well.
This genus of plants will not flower except they are encouraged with frequent shifting: they are all beautiful.
It will always have a sickly aspect, if not wellencouraged in light rich soil.
In saying these most acceptable words, he clapped my grandfather on the shoulder, and encouraged him to be as true-hearted as he was sharp-witted, and he could not fail to earn both treasure and trusts.
The vehemence of Elijah was in his voice; we resumed our former postures; and he himself leading on the psalm, we began to sing anew in a louder strain, for we were fortified and encouraged by his holy intrepidity.
He began by being jolly; he was well encouraged and abetted; he found that respectable men drank, and that Society made no demur.
Most strange it is that a vice which brings instant punishment on him who harbours it should be first of all encouraged by the very people who are most merciless in condemning it.
And yet, as we have said, this vice, which entails such scathing disgrace and suffering, is encouraged in many seductive ways.
Are there many like me, I wonder, who have not only done nothing to battle with the mightiest modern evil, but have half encouragedit through cynical recklessness and pessimism?
It now rained pretty hard, which had obliged her to come in; but she said if her complaints returned, she would certainly go out again, be the weather ever so bad, and in this resolution I encouraged her.
She was his only confidante, and he never forgot how she had encouraged him at the very outset of his career.
He was secretly encouraged in this by the King of Aragon and openly by the Archbishop of York, representing Henry VIII.
Encouraged by Margaret, a brilliant group of artists, poets, and literary men settled at her Court at Malines.
Maximilian did much to improve his country, and greatly encouraged art and learning.
She probably encouraged this sport amongst her young companions, for we learn in after years that Margaret was a great huntress, and very proud of her stuffed wolves' heads.
Encouraged by this success, he besieged the Island of Rhodes, then the seat of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Julius thought he could save the republic by overthrowing the French rule in Italy, and for this reason he made friends with England, and encouraged the Swiss in their discontent with France.
Encouraged by the death of Georges d'Amboise, the Pope continued to make preparations, and declared that God had chosen him to be the Liberator of Italy.
How many bitter tears I have shed, when I observed how you encouraged that shark who made love to my wife while he feasted at my table.
Immigration is being encouraged by the payment of transportation, passport, and incidental expenses, and by grants of land.
The unprecedented success of the packing plant at Puerto Cabello has encouraged other Britons to invest.
The same motive, doubtless prompts them to summon priests to chant round the bedside of the sick man, who encouraged by their dismal voices expects a speedy relief from his pains.
This new King, a prey to greed and suspicion, allowed himself to be ruled by one of the chief nobles at the Court who in order to render the King more odious, encouraged his vices and follies.
The nobles, emboldened by their hatred, and encouraged by the King of Cambaye, made a conspiracy to deliver the kingdom from a creature who could not even satiate herself with the blood of her victims.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "encouraged" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
