"discourage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- At worst, it was an attempt to discourage blacks from applying at all.
- This is going to discourage blacks from going to Detroit, or even applying.
- The judge was highly critical of the town for creating a perceived "animus against blacks which has discouraged blacks from pursuing town employment opportunities."
- The suit, which says the men set the fires to discourage blacks from moving to Hunters Brooke, does not specify a dollar amount for damages.
- Opponents of black civil rights used economic reprisals and sometimes violence in the 1870s and 1880s to discourage blacks from registering to vote.
- The university's admissions officials had expressed concerns that the arrests would discourage other blacks from attending the school.
- There are endless stories of attempts to discourage blacks from voting.
- Ms. Bruno said that a previous unsuccessful complaint had discouraged other blacks with similar concerns from participating in the current action.
- Douglass had actually known about Brown's plans from early in 1859 and had made a number of efforts to discourage blacks from enlisting.
- They further contended their constitutional rights were violated because the investigations were calculated to discourage poor, elderly and socially disadvantaged blacks from voting.
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